msn virus

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emamum

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there is a virus going around on msn.. spyware dr says its a trojan

If a friend sends you any kind of file..... it may say look at my pictures or screen shot or anything.. DO NOT OPEN IT!
treat ANYTHING that you have to open in msn as suspicious and ask your friend if they meant to send it because it send to your contacts automaticaly when either you or them sign in...it changes everytime and can damage your computer

I have it and cant get rid of it now......
 
Just checked my msn, havent recieved one, but will look out for it, even though i dont open attachments or owt i dont know:rolleyes:...cheers for tha warning though;)
 
Thats all ive been doing Bernie, have had 4 people trying to send it to me today
 
Sorry to hear that emma and errr emma, I havnt spoken to either of you on msn for a while so i'm not having any problems, will give you both a wide berth for a few days now, :(
 
derekgas said:
Sorry to hear that emma and errr emma, I havnt spoken to either of you on msn for a while so i'm not having any problems, will give you both a wide berth for a few days now, :(
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Im not infected, its just people keep trying to send it to me :mad:
 
Oh well thats ok then haha, but i realised after my post, i dont msn you as i dont have your addy, I have chatted to t'other emma though, lucky escape there eh? lol
 
derekgas said:
Oh well thats ok then haha, but i realised after my post, i dont msn you as i dont have your addy, I have chatted to t'other emma though, lucky escape there eh? lol
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What??? A lucky escape not having my msn?? lol
 
heh, there is another accywebber who's infected as he has just sent it to me, opens lovely in my text editor!

Step forward and take a bow................ALEKS!!!!!!!


:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
 
yep... thats where i got it from!

righty.........this is how i did it.. some steps may not be needed but it worked for me...

1st uninstall msn messenger.....then go to local disk c.. and delete msn.log THAT is the virus...empty recycle bin thingy.... then system restore.. reinstall msn and you should be good to go

I did a scan with spyware dr before and after and the trojan is gone :D

any donations of good karma greatley recieved :p :p :D
 
goodness me, all I did was let it download because I wanted to have a look at it(I could have declined it if I wanted), opened it. broswed the ascii within teh binary executable and posted the message! it is totally harmless in Linux

:D
 
Linux is a FREE alternative to the Windows XP/Vista that most of you use.

It does not suffer from viruses, trojans or any of the crap that you Windows users put up with.

any software bugs are fixed on average within 7 days where Microsoft take an average of 45 days.

99% of software that runs on it is FREE. you can also download the actual program code for pretty much everything and if you want(and have teh skill) change/improve/tweak it.

In order to help you get an idea of it it also runs happily on the same PC as windows, you get a menu when you stat up as to which OS you wish to use that time. recently they have even made it able to run "inside" windows so you can get an idea what it is like

have a look here Ubuntu Home Page | Ubuntu

that is one version ( we geeks call them distros), there are other depending on what your individual requirements are but Ubuntu is a very good starters version. e.g There is one alled Peanut Linus that runs brilliantly on really old and low powered kit.

Linux is actually used on lots of things alraedy that you probably don't realise, BT Home hub runs it, some mobiles run it, anything from microwaves to personal video recorders can use it. teh whole point is that its totally configurabel to whatever you want to apply it to. I have an iPod that can run either the original Apple OS or Linux. the Linux version supports more types of music files, has extra games and can even record sound(which the original Apple one can't).
 
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