Instant Messenger Virus

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I like using AVG Free Edition, Spybot: Search & Destroy, and Spycatcher the free version.

hey, why not try NOD32? it’s cheep, it updates almost every day (sometimes more often), it actually checks anything that is running, AND it’s not sluggishing your computer (at least when comparing to Norton AV)

I use Zone Alarm (ZASS) as my primary firewall, anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc. I have installed but not running AdAware ‘07 Pro, Spysweeper, AVG Pro, Spybot S&D, Trojan Hunter, MS malicious software removal for Nov ‘07, VCom’s Fix-It Pro v8. I have a couple others but their not installed, such as Kasperskay v7x Internet Suite and anti-virus. Just yesterday my ZASS caught and quarantined “Win32.Backdoor.Sdbot.cic”. So, I guess I’m covered but some stuff can mostly likely get through especially if I’m not careful about what I click on or surf/navigate to or open up.

lol i dont have anything against linux but i heard its a bad gaming op and gaming is all i do

dude, not just anyone can make an opsys…holy shit and if ur asking that then u defenitely cant make one

hell yea power to free software!

Panda takes up less then half of the resources of Norton. So yeah…

opensource nerd fag

I remember when this happened… It was horrible.. didn’t let anybody talk.

can some1 help me does win dows defender block games like warrocks cause it dosent let me start it ive tried reinstalling warrock help?

avast is gooood

i farted

dude does he have a girlfriend??????
god what a nerd

does he have a girlfriend???boy is he a GeEk

wat is .bat?

I’d like Onecare a lot better if it didn’t automatically block my ports for half of my games.

Mcafee works really well.

when that is on the end of the file name it means it is a batch file and it will peforme a batch of operations if opened.

My friend had a Windows Live Messenger virus that sent links out to all his friends. The link contained a download to some virus in a MS-DOS file. Luckily, I recognized that it was probably dangerous to download it.

Apparently, this virus is spreading rather rapidly at the moment.

faget

i had 1 if u dont get rid of it it will start deleteing shit and stuff wont work and like u get loads of pop ups i no if its a virus cuz it trys to open in winrar

Dude Theres Hundreds Of Viruses They All Dont Do The Same Thing Some Try To Get Your Registry

your a tech, thats a laugh, you dont only get a virus for IM’s, you get them from web pages without having to save a exe or pif file to your pc, some can just upload to your Temporary Internet Files, and the page can execute it without you knowing.. Plus depends by what OS you have and Explorer to protect you from being launched.

thanks for the info :o)

lovely room you have.

i got this virus my friend sent me (he didnt know) and i opened it :( and i got this virus… the virus file name is ‘wkssvc.exe’ and theres another one it dropped called ’spool.exe’
ne ideas on how to remove it?

Install the trial of kaspersky and remove it, it worked for me too

yer, as chris said, ask your friend if they sent you it, ask them what it is, make sure its a safe format e.g, MP3, WMV, JPEG, GIF, ususally EXE progrmas are a bit suspicious on messenger if they didnt mean to send it toy you, if you still unsure, SCAN YOUR FILE BEFORE YOU OPEN IT!!!!!!
p.s
i use AVG
good info chris

i wish
i knew it earlier…

i got a virus from msn i tryied to open it but windows wouldnt let me :(

you remember this old virus? Hey, is this a picture of you?

and if you click on it you get infected and it sends to others and burns your hard drive? well, I recieved that message once but it wasnt a image file so I sent back to him “WTF ARE YOU DOING SENDING ME A VIRUS”
and he came on a few days later and said “sorry it was a virus I had”

I GOT THE SAME ONE! fucked up my old computer

There’s an Msn Virus being sent out that installs to yr Messenger not your hard drive and mas sends links out to people on your list repeatedly to the virus.
Trouble is if you get infected with it, its yr msn account that is infected not your pc.
Quick solve open a new account and warn every one on your old account.

what does the infection actually do to your account.
what is the effect of it?

It’s more of an annoyance than anything else. it just takes your password and signs in randomly on its own repeatedly sending links out to others on its contact list.
Haven’t caught the virus myself but a few on my list have it.

ah, but does it do any maliscious or destructive to your system in the end?
or can it just use your account to send out spam and advertising… etc?

hej guys someone said here that you can just make another emailadres and that it’s solved then.. maybe it is so but is it also good if you just change your password? because someone told that the virus does nothing but searching for you pass en send links time after time..
so is changing your pass effective or not? because my girlfriend has the virus..

I think the amount of instant messenger viruses that are around is sadly increasing; I am constantly seeing more people who’s systems are infected by malware and are sending out links here, there and everywhere – yet the user is oblivious and has no idea as to what is going on.

I think the best piece of advice a person could give would just be to (a) not accept files from people you don’t know, and always ask what the file is before downloading and (b) only click on links if you have been in a prior conversation with the person and not is they send a one off link with a strange URL.

I think the worst IM service for viruses is probably Windows Live; which in my experience is full of viruses, people trying to get into your machine and other things. Although I don’t want to stereotype a WL Messenger user and would say that although there are lots of genuine people out there who use WLM purely for IM purposes there are a minority that like to cause trouble for other uses; usually people who they don’t know.