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Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => The Fridge => Topic started by: action9000 on March 04, 2008, 08:04:12 PM

Title: MSN Virus Warning!
Post by: action9000 on March 04, 2008, 08:04:12 PM

If you come across anything like this being sent to you while you're on MSN:

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hey , it's really your image ? http://msn.farvista.net/viewimage.php?=youremail@hotmail.com (http://ggg)

PLEASE Do NOT click the link in your MSN window!  It is a virus!
(Note: clicking the link above in this post will not give you the virus - I modified its location to a nonexistant page.)

Title: MSN Virus Warning!
Post by: Petrie. on March 04, 2008, 08:39:24 PM

Note taken.

Title: MSN Virus Warning!
Post by: Kor on March 04, 2008, 09:02:56 PM

Thanks for the  warning.

Title: MSN Virus Warning!
Post by: Coyote_A on March 05, 2008, 07:39:15 AM

Thanks, action9000, i'll remember that.

Title: MSN Virus Warning!
Post by: Clawandfang on March 05, 2008, 12:14:50 PM

Thanks, I hope you didn't find out the hard way...

Title: MSN Virus Warning!
Post by: action9000 on March 05, 2008, 01:18:03 PM

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Thanks, I hope you didn't find out the hard way...

I kind of did but I was able to get the virus removed right away with no difficulty.

Title: MSN Virus Warning!
Post by: Mumbling on March 05, 2008, 01:21:18 PM

Thanks for the warning.

Title: MSN Virus Warning!
Post by: landbeforetimelover on March 05, 2008, 04:36:06 PM

I got that virus.......for about 5 seconds.  Once I clicked on it, AVG popped up telling me that I had just been infected and it automatically deleted the file.  I'm not afraid of viruses, spyware, or malware.  I'm mainly afraid of adware, since I have very little protection against it.  Still, if I'm infected with something especially nasty, I just have to spend 2 hours formatting the thing and restoring all of my files.  Such computer worries only make you live shorter.

Title: MSN Virus Warning!
Post by: Chiletrek on March 05, 2008, 11:44:44 PM

Hello:
 Sorry for the late reply, but thanks... I'll have that one noted just in case ;) . I remember sometime ago I wss almost infected by something similar, that's why I alwayd asks the contact for every file they wanted me to send and I tell always before I send a file or a link myself.