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Title: I'm infected with a MSN Virus
Post by: Kitsune on June 08, 2008, 07:25:57 am
I just got an msn virus from someone,

Person:
Haha is that you ? [link to site that infects you, looks very similar to image shack but with double "a"]  [email protected]

Then I click and now I'm infected.

Anyone know how I can get rid of this?
Title: Re: I'm infected with a MSN Virus
Post by: The_Wolf on June 08, 2008, 08:05:26 am
Here is some help Ghost - www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner

I also got that virus and I was just about to flame the guy who sent it to me, but then he apologized. I also apologize because I may have infected someone. The fact is, I did not do Save the file, but only ran it and when I saw it was a virus, I simply turned my MSN off and cleaned my PC with AVG 8.0 Anti-Spyware. This is seriously the best program ever.

I bought it for a lot of cash, but here You can get the free 1 month trial version of AVG. (http://www.grisoft.com/ww.download-trial) It is quite legal and in-order, if you don't have a anti-virus, try out AVG, I can ensure you will love it .. :)
Title: Re: I'm infected with a MSN Virus
Post by: Kitsune on June 08, 2008, 08:32:24 am
Thnx for the info Legend, I'll try it out.

I tried using Spyware Doctor but soon after someone told me they got the link so that obviously didn't work. :redface:
Title: Re: I'm infected with a MSN Virus
Post by: lavamike on June 08, 2008, 10:31:36 am
I got one of those.  Their a pain.

This worked for me but might not work but is worth a shot.

Uninstall MSN delete your MSN folder and anything that has to do with MSN.

Reinstall.
Title: Re: I'm infected with a MSN Virus
Post by: Tovenaarke on June 08, 2008, 10:46:22 am
That's what I should suggest too...

And a tip for all the MSN users: NEVER click a link, unless you ask what the link stands for... Most of the times the virus 'sender' doesn't know he sended to you...

Greetz
- Tov.
Title: Re: I'm infected with a MSN Virus
Post by: Hess on June 08, 2008, 12:23:23 pm
And a tip for all the MSN users: NEVER click a link, unless you ask what the link stands for... Most of the times the virus 'sender' doesn't know he sended to you...
And never accept pictures if they are in .zip, .rar, etc, format because anything BUT pictures could be hidden in those files. If someone is sending you a picture, you should be able to see a preview of it when you get the send request.
Title: Re: I'm infected with a MSN Virus
Post by: Abraham on June 08, 2008, 12:48:36 pm
There's nothing dangerous with clicking links, as long as you don't click what's in 'em...
Title: Re: I'm infected with a MSN Virus
Post by: MonkMan on June 08, 2008, 01:57:15 pm
I dont have an Anti virus My computer crashes Every 6 days or so, im getting a new one for my birthday
Title: Re: I'm infected with a MSN Virus
Post by: Gandalf on June 08, 2008, 02:11:49 pm
There's nothing dangerous with clicking links, as long as you don't click what's in 'em...
If the link is an executable file it can be dangerous...
Title: Re: I'm infected with a MSN Virus
Post by: Abraham on June 08, 2008, 02:14:06 pm
If the link is an executable file it can be dangerous...
Only stupid people click those links *stubborn*
Title: Re: I'm infected with a MSN Virus
Post by: The_Wolf on June 08, 2008, 02:46:08 pm
Yes, actually that virus I got too... It was a like and I firstly saw imageshack and really thought it was meself... Then I clicked and it asked me if I want to run the program and I was like "WTF no programs plspls :cry:cry:" but I cliked run and it started sending the shet to everybody.

Then I activated my firewall and it detected the IP that is trying to access my computer ... I blocked the kickarse hax0r and I hope they will never try to infict meh PC again. :(
Title: Re: I'm infected with a MSN Virus
Post by: polopolo on June 08, 2008, 06:59:00 pm
Well, you can also post an hijackthis log on anti-spyware as spywareinfo.com, bleepingcomputers.com

They can help you fix youre computer, I worked few years for this people, and they know what they do...
Title: Re: I'm infected with a MSN Virus
Post by: lavamike on June 08, 2008, 09:12:59 pm
Yeah, Hijackthis is a good tool.
Title: Re: I'm infected with a MSN Virus
Post by: Daxx on June 11, 2008, 02:01:56 pm
My friend opened notepad what he got via msn from someone. After opening it started to delete PC memory and system..
notepad is usually .txt file. The notepad file that my friend got was .bat file. Dont ever open .bat files  ;)
Title: Re: I'm infected with a MSN Virus
Post by: Kitsune on June 12, 2008, 02:31:23 am
I always read the code before I open batch file so I know exactly what it's doing. :razz:
Title: Re: I'm infected with a MSN Virus
Post by: Squeak on June 14, 2008, 08:45:38 am
I just got an msn virus from someone,


Dude!!
omg i ROFL'd when I saw the title and the Original Poster.
it reminded meh of that one time ingame when you had herpes.  :rofl:
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