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	MSN Messenger Worm
trystianity Mega Fish Posts: 1028 Kudos: 926 Votes: 49 Registered: 20-Mar-2004	If you get a file transfer from anyone on MSN called "naked party" or anything similar, don't accept it. It's a worm/virus. I don't have much info on it right now but I'll post more later.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:33
whetu Mega Fish Posts: 900 Votes: 63 Registered: 31-Jan-2003	Thanks for the warning, Tryst. I just got one from Janna called webcam_004. BEWARE!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:33
r0b3y Enthusiast Posts: 261 Kudos: 262 Votes: 41 Registered: 07-Nov-2004	yea alot of ppl have it already.. just ask questions before u accept a file being sent to u over msn and turn your auto accept off.. r0b3y
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:33
Janna Mega Fish Posts: 1386 Registered: 24-Aug-2003	Whetu! Yup, I've gotten those kinds of things with FP names in em before. Might've gotten one from Whetu, Gomer, and Koi, I think. They shade the glow of it with their mossy-misty costumes, They wear masks of silk, porcelain, brass, and silver, So as not to mislead with their own, ordinary faces.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:33
r0b3y Enthusiast Posts: 261 Kudos: 262 Votes: 41 Registered: 07-Nov-2004	i think this might help.. i u can locate the file.. which should be in "my recieved files" ... restart your comp... keep pressing f5 until an option screen comes up... select safe mode.. locate the file and delete.. this should work.. if it does not.. run your virus scanners ad aware etc.. this should work!! r0b3y
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:33
trystianity Mega Fish Posts: 1028 Kudos: 926 Votes: 49 Registered: 20-Mar-2004	yeah that worked for me... I found files from it in other directories as well so make sure you give everything a good look, and remove any related files in safe mode as well. It didn't show up on my antivirus scan, I use Sophos Antivirus on a site license here at my university and McAffee AV as well, so I had to go in and find the files on my own. I also ran adware removal programs and uninstalled msn messenger to be safe. I'm surprised it got past my firewall, usually nothing makes it as the university network is constantly under lockdown. :%)
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:33
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	Sheilah Monkeypants I have that stupid messenger thing popping up on my screen regually. It is a pest I refuse to use it. Even MS cannot remove it from my computer. It has been suggested to me it is some how connected to Hot mail which I use on FP and that is the reason it cannot be removed. Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:33
r0b3y Enthusiast Posts: 261 Kudos: 262 Votes: 41 Registered: 07-Nov-2004	hey keith is it a lil blue bar at the bottom of your screen? if so it is msn plus.. if not briefly explain .. or some screen shots could help r0b3y
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:33
Lindy Administrator Show me the Shishies! Posts: 1507 Kudos: 1350 Votes: 730 Registered: 25-Apr-2001	I had an msn worm thing a few years back and I discovered that even if the person rejected the file transfer it went through. My antivirus eventually found it. Took a few days though. Before you criticize someone walk a mile in their shoes. That way you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:33
Shannen Banned Posts: 1160 Kudos: 1686 Votes: 98 Registered: 17-Feb-2004	I just got it from Janna, but my PC blocked it. runs anti virus
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:33
AngelZoo Fish Addict Posts: 771 Kudos: 501 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-Dec-2003	People should not be so stupid as to accept files from random people anyway. Or even their friends with out knowing what it is. MSN messenger isn't any good. =p
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:33
trystianity Mega Fish Posts: 1028 Kudos: 926 Votes: 49 Registered: 20-Mar-2004	here's some more info I found: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1753049,00.asp http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/01/20/HNmessengerworm_1.html I actually ended up with the worm, which Sophos AV recognized as W32/Rbot-TX. Update your virus definitions. I had to remove the worm manually because my antivirus software couldn't do it. Last edited by Sheilah Monkeypants at 23-Jan-2005 01:29 Last edited by Sheilah Monkeypants at 23-Jan-2005 01:30
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:33


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