I received an instant message with a link to http: //www2 .imward .com /m.php? m= travis @ travismick .com
I clicked it, and my Web Shield found a virus. It was the Win32:VB-KP trojan. The IM came through an IM from one of my friends, who wasn't even online. My IM client is pidgin and I was using the MSN protocol. Is this a backdoor? I googled imward.com and got no results. Was my friends account compromised? If so, is it possible that my account can be compromised like this? I got rid of the virus, I just want to know how I got this link!