Messenger Virus

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Thought this needed to be brought to everyones attn....There is an email going around thru MSN messenger. It comes to you from contacts on your Messenger contact list. So far I have recieved it from Doc, Jimbo and Reppiks, none of which actually sent it. And I have sent it to several of my contacts even tho I didnt send it. It asks you to see who has blocked you on Messenger and it appears to come from MSN, I assure you it is not! DO NOT OPEN! My McAffee scan didnt find anything, MALWAREBYTES anti malware found three viruses in my registry. Just wanted to hopefully stop this from happening to anyone else!

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Got it from Jimbo.

I opened it but did not follow the link.....AVG never said anything..........time for a scan......

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I think your OK if you dont follow the link...Let me know what the scan turns up.....

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Several of us got it over the weekend. :S

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Change your messenger log in password as a precaution.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

 

http://www.msnvirusremoval.com/download/
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About this Trojan (via Comcast Macafee)

Detected: Artemis!5EDD26E98397 (Trojan), Artemis!5EDD26E98397 (Trojan)

Location: C:\Users\vStyler\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\LN7HAGWL\MSN_Virus_Remover.exe

Could be a false positive I suppose :-|

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I can't stress this enough: NEVER enter any kind of account information on sites you open from an email link. It doesn't matter who the mail comes from, or what site you're connecting to. Always open a browser and enter the site address manually if it's a site you have an account on. This is specially important when it comes to banking.

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Didn't have anything on a complete AVG scan....

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Several of us got it over the weekend.
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well thanks for the heads up -_-

Change your messenger log in password as a precaution.
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did that...

 

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks for posting this, skinhit. I was thinking about doing it. I think it only hit hotmail/windows live. I tried the Windows malware removal tool, but it didn't catch it nor did ESET Online scanner or Avast.

PDJ/RnD sent me Malwarebytes which caught two viral registry items, and zapped 'em.

Incidentally, I didn't see anything published about it on MSN nor the MS Homepage about this 'gem'. :thumbsdown:

If I inadvertantly spread this to anyone, I apologize.

Except to skinhit. He deserved it.  ;) XD

 

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Really nice to everyone that falls victim to it! You click the link and it takes you to a login... thus you give your msn info to none other than the Chinese. Ya that is right the site and sign in goes to a website in China also linked to other sites such as freeze.com and so forth.

You will get more than a virus from this email. If you signed in at the login screen be sure to change your msn login password before they do.

In other words you just gave them your login for msn.   :borg:

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I got the same email from both jimbo and doc too, but I did follow the link, but had enough sense, having been there, done that, to not install anything. I will change my info too.

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I haven't loaded messenger on my new PC yet but I received a few suspicious emails at my live e-mail account from a few fellow skinners that do. A few say follow the link to see who has blocked you on messenger.

It seems to be a good thing that I haven't gotten around to loading messenger yet. :P

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I got messenger up and running.

I checked my emails....

 

I got nothing..... from anybody.... :pout:

 

 

 

on the other hand, maybe nobody wants to block me... :congrat:

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I got nothing..... from anybody....
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Thats because trolls already have viruses

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Viruses are becoming so sneaky! I wish those who infect computers with them would get a life! :rolleyes:

Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top

its going around guys i got one from a dear friend i haven't heard from in a long while  something just didn't seem right so i deleted it . i agree jazzi #:(

Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Didn't have anything on a complete AVG scan....
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Lantec i would do a scan with malwarebytes antimalware or some other malware programs as well. AVG is not perfect. I use it myself and there are plenty of viruses that it misses. :)

Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I got it too...... 8O

Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting bk13GarbageMan, reply 20
I got it too......
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I got it from you today, Fred.  o_O :P