New Msn Virus!

[WaylandJr]

Watch out there is a new MSN virus going round, if one of your contacts suddenly says "Hey, check out this pic of you on myspace" dont click the link it will download a virus i was unfortunate enough to click the link im not sure if the virus downloaded sucsesfully though.

Just though i should alert all forums i am a member of.

[The_Emperor]

thanks for the warning

[WaylandJr]

Sorry i just realised this is in SWBF general could this please be moved to the correct section?

[Wadi]

thanks for warning

[Hebes24]

thanks, but this belongs in the "Anything Goes" forum.

[JabbaLovesLava]

Lol, thanks. Tho Mozilla asks you if you want to download a file

[Aussie_Irishman]

im generally protected from stuff like that, but gees, i get annoyed with the constand almost nagging of it...i dont mean anything sexist or anything, but i only ever get those virus messages from my female friends....

AJay

[guru]

moved topic to correct forum , kinda. Also in my view MSN is the virus , lol. I would never use anything related to it , if my paying clients were using it lol.

[ShadowHawk]

lol. It is in the correct area. I never accept any invites from people I don't personally know. Though guru, you did make an interesting point. could it be that windows is a virus and the programs that destroy it are the anti-virus? Food for thought.

Thanks for the warning. I'll keep and eye out for it.

[Linus]

Thanks for the warning.

[Talibanman]

Thanks a lot.

[Leviathan]

Off-topic : I assume that this thread has chances to prevent a few GameToast members from becoming as much "embarrassed" as you were, WaylandJr, but I would wish to know whether the latest Releases of Microsoft® Windows Messenger could block similar threats, as a free Antivirus Module can be grafted to this Program...

[[RDH]Zerted]

It's the user's fault for clicking on an unknown link, not Window's.

If you are not sure if the virus completely downloaded, you should scan your entire system.

[yankeefan05]

There was something similar to this on AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)

[firestrike]

thx for the warning Wayland3r

[yankeefan05]

It could be joke like the 1 on xfire a few weeks ago.

The 1 on AIM was real though. That 1 infected u and infected people on AIM users' buddy list.

[Qdin]

the ones on MSN should still and always be considered real! because they CAN infect you and not like the one of Xfire where it said that the user were a virus - lol

[yankeefan05]

What i do on AIM (similar to MSN) is that i only use AIM for people i know personnaly and xfire for online gaming friends.

[Leviathan]

Off-topic : Alright, before letting this Discussion freely continue, I would like you not to share either advices or opinions which might be more or less "obvious" toward most of the users registered on these Forums, moncal', additionally to the fact the Amount of such messages remains too much high compared to the global one you have reached on this Message-Board...