"Christmas card" = AIM virus?

[mugs]

I got an IM from someone I haven't talked to in a long time... said this:

This AIM user has sent you a Christmas Card! To open it please visit: http:// greetings.aol.com /index.pd?source=greetingscard?my_christmas_card.scr
This senders personal note: Merry Christmas!

The link was to www.beckto.com/ my_christmas_card.scr.

I'm assuming this is a virus...

(.scr = screen saver)

 

[TitanDiddly]

Don't do it.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: Ned
Don't do it.

QFT, it's no doubt a virus.

 

[Justorq]

I thought *.scr were script files... therefore it most probably is a virus.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: Justorq
I thought *.scr were script files... therefore it most probably is a virus.

.scr are screen saver files in Windows. Since they're executable, malicious code can be executed.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: KLin

Originally posted by: Ned
Don't do it.

QFT, it's no doubt a virus.

Well obviously I didn't open it, I was mostly posting this to verify my suspicion was correct and let people know about it.