And just when you thought it was passe to badmouth AOL. A new version of the Opanki worm (Opanki.Y to be exact) is spreading via AOL's Instant Messenger. First discovered a week ago, it isn't spreading quickly, but it's something that AOL-using iPod users should be wary of.

The worm arrives in an AIM message with the text "This picture never gets old" and includes a link to a file that, when downloaded, is installed as "ITUNES.EXE." If this .exe is run, it installs four adware applications.

Like practically every worm, virus, trojan horse, and bad user interface in existence, it only affects Windows users.

(Oops, FreeiPodGuy's bias is showing again!)