"You'll love this" MSN virus! - Printable Version

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"You'll love this" MSN virus! - highlander - 04-30-2005

I suggest folks keep their MSN off for a little while and update your virus scanners and adware/spyware scanning software before turning it on again. A link will come up from a friend in your contact list saying "You'll love this!" with a link to click on. If you click on it it opens up a chat window to everyone in your contact list sending the same link. This thing disabled my Norton Virus protection and caused some errors to occur. I did manage to do a system restore to a couple of days ago before I had this virus and all seems well..so far.

I apologize to anyone who I may have sent this stupid virus/link to via MSN. I am cleaning my system now and leaving my MSN off for the timebeing.

Darren

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- D-man - 04-30-2005

Thanks for the heads up Darren :thumb:

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- jen - 04-30-2005

Thanks for the warning Darren :thumb: Sorry you had to learn the hard way though.

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- fingernailsonhull - 04-30-2005

I just got that from a friend. She usually posts pictures online, so if I hadn't read this earlier today, I probably would have clicked the link. Thanks for the heads-up. I hate viruses.

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- theAryanTwang - 05-01-2005

I stopped using instant messaging programs 5 years ago and never looked back... they're just an accident waiting to happen

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- schaggs - 05-01-2005

the virus installs itself to C:\windows\system32\system.exe

if you disable the file you disable the virus.. it seems to be nothing but a harmless little worm.

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- fingernailsonhull - 05-02-2005

Yeah, it didn't cause too much trouble for my friend who got it.

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