Rant: Spam

I just received a few of a new type of spam, a new instant message spam that differs from older types such as IMs sent by "aim bots", which are software programs that run on spammers' computers that are able to manipulate AIM in ways desired by the spammer such as flooding chat rooms or sending IMs to random screen names; this new form utilizes these "aim bots", but now however uses them to sent chat invitations to unwary instant message users.