Msn Warning

[god]

There's a new RETARD virus spreading around the world.
if you get

is that you on this photo http://www.hothotpeople.net/photo8.php :P

in a conversation, DO NOT CLICK THE LINK!..
and IN case you did, it asks you if you want to download an executable,
DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT !...

HOWEVER if you actually clicked and downloaded an executable where you should have found a picture, and ran the executable, i think u deserve getting infected! I wont link to any fixes dunno if somebody else wants to.

[karim7]

sa7i7 ssa7i77.. ana ba3atleh yeha my cousin.. (enno kaid my cousin ma biyeb3atleh ossas virus..) fa nazalta... ma khala chi men l pcc deghre 3meltello RESTOR .. ntebhoo ya chabeb

[McNaOH]

Well i usually never download anything from MSN, and it really looks like a virus anyways .
Just i want to say, like god said in the other thread , stay away from Kaspersky, some stuff gets past its scan in some cases (and i've seen many), IMHO use NOD32, it's the best i've seen till now.

[Malak]

10x for the warning GOD ... this case is happening a lot ... they are sending viruses for all and computers are falled ... i heared many of my friends that are having the problem ... how can they solve it and how can we avoid receiving these msgs?

[lebanese_a]

Originally Posted by god

i think u deserve getting infected! I wont link to any fixes dunno if somebody else wants to.

Give us the fix, balla ghenej, my brother's PC got infected.

[B coder]

guys ana mberi7 ba3atitle we7de 2il virus w ma ba3rif chou sar sar yinba3at 3a kil 2il online 3inde w nba3at kamen la malak (lol).
sorry malak anyway

[J()e]

i happened to me today ... when my bro was online ... so i formated my pc so god plz give us the fix

[lebanese_a]

Okay here's the fix, worked for my brother and his friends.

1. Sign Out
2. Unnistall Windows Live Messenger (Control Panel > Add Remove Programs)
3. Go to System Restore and restore the system to a date before the date the problem started (all installed apps after this day will be removed, files won't be removed) (Start > All Programs > Accesories > System Tools > System Restore)
4. The PC will restart (it will take some times, it's normal - wait!)
5. The PC is now on, Windows Live Messenger is automaticly back, but now the PC is clean.
6. From now on, verify the file type before opening it, never open a picture/audio ... with an .exe extension and allways ask your friends if they are sending the file.

[Malak]

is'nt if ur pc is infected ... u ll be the one sending these msgs ?

[xcoder]

actually ibn_awa had this problem few days ago and he got rid of it.

is'nt if ur pc is infected ... u ll be the one sending these msgs ?

That's right, besides the message is convincing ino yih me where?
i clicked the link actually but i wasn't that stupid to download an exe file loool.

Okay here's the fix, worked for my brother and his friends.

1. Sign Out
2. Unnistall Windows Live Messenger (Control Panel > Add Remove Programs)
3. Go to System Restore and restore the system to a date before the date the problem started (all installed apps after this day will be removed, files won't be removed) (Start > All Programs > Accesories > System Tools > System Restore)
4. The PC will restart (it will take some times, it's normal - wait!)
5. The PC is now on, Windows Live Messenger is automaticly back, but now the PC is clean.
6. From now on, verify the file type before opening it, never open a picture/audio ... with an .exe extension and allways ask your friends if they are sending the file.

nah many people have system restore disabled including me it's a waste of time besides i think you need to specify a point earlier to be able to restore.
however i think the solution is to get avg update scan then unistall msn messenger and install it in another location.
that's what ibn_awa did and it worked just fine