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The computer virus, as Maegan told us a few months ago, is alive and well — and living in Latin America. An aggressive “Trojan” virus is sweeping across the region, being passed from computer through MSN Messenger.

Internet users in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Spain are potential victims of a virus that acts through MSN instant messaging service. Once it has infected the computer, the malicious code attempts to trick the user’s contacts into downloading the virus, automatically sending messages in Spanish, Portuguese and English.

According to Spain’s 20 Minutos, some of the messages being sent to MSN users are “jajajaja recuerda cuando tuviste el pelo asi”, “Esta es la foto nuestra que voy a poner en MySpace” or “Wanna see the pics from my vacation?”

Once installed, the virus, called Win32/SdBot, lets the malicious code’s sender take control of the victim’s computer.

Via / 20 Minutos