i was looking at someone's AIM profile and it just said:

I can't believe I found a pink stapler (that's my SN)'s Picture here
HAHAHA

with a link to www.buddypicture.net so i went there. now a few weeks ago leah posted a thread about something similar, where some profiles said "whoaaa... click here" and it'd go to www.talkstocks.net and it asks you if you want to install something, and if you say no something comes up that says "you have to click YES." i went to the buddypicture thing and it was the exact same page... so is it a virus or something??

This is what the disclaimer says:

By entering the site, http://www.buddypicture.net, you agree that you authorize an automatic install of our adware which will create a link to buddypicture.net, in place of your current America Online Instant Messenger (AIM) profile. The adware will automatically install a file called b.exe on your computer. This program IS NOT a virus, worm, nor trojan horse. It is simply adware. This file will not harm your computer nor will it delete your files. If you would like to uninstall our adware at any time, please read the directions at the bottom of this disclaimer page. If you do not agree with the above terms, please exit this website now,
by clicking here.

I'd say it is not a virus - but it is something I sure as hell dont want on my or any of my friends pc's

read the full disclaimer here:

http://www.buddypicture.net/disclaimer.htm

That happened to me but it was some other site. I just wanna know how the hell to get rid of it.

Originally posted by consentida
That happened to me but it was some other site. I just wanna know how the hell to get rid of it.

In this order:
Spybot Search & Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/

http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10122137.html?part=104443&subj=dlpage&tag=button

AdAware home http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
download from: http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10045910.html?part=69274&subj=dlpage&tag=button

you may have to run them several times if you still can't get rid of it get HijackThis! (http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/)

there are instructions on that page to scan and create a log, there is also a good guide here (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/htlogtutorial.html) for what is good or bad, or you can post the results on the http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/ for help removing the nasty stuff

last year, i went on a site to get some animated aim icons and i ended up getting a virus. i don't remember the address, but it was hell recovering from that.