Live Messenger is filtering my messages

Hi there,

Uber bug here, try sending the following messages to anyone on MSN
version 8.1.0178.00

http://www.microsoft.com/reallysafew...fedownload.php << wont
send

http://www.reallynastywebsite/destroyyourpc.php < will send

"Hey man, could you just upload the new version of download.php to the
ftp site for me?" << wont send

....

Am I the only one who finds this absolutely rediculous?

Microsoft! Stop filtering my messages, if you mess with peoples
communications so much they will only stop trusting you, simple as that.

Nick.

Seems it's been around since version 7...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN_Messenger

First time I have come across it.

Still, it's completely stupid, I certainly stick by that opinion.

"NickP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi there,
>
> Uber bug here, try sending the following messages to anyone on MSN
> version 8.1.0178.00
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/reallysafew...fedownload.php << wont
> send
>
> http://www.reallynastywebsite/destroyyourpc.php < will send
>
> "Hey man, could you just upload the new version of download.php to the
> ftp site for me?" << wont send
>
> ....
>
> Am I the only one who finds this absolutely rediculous?
>
> Microsoft! Stop filtering my messages, if you mess with peoples
> communications so much they will only stop trusting you, simple as that.
>
> Nick.
>
>
>

On Mon, 7 May 2007 15:07:38 +0100, NickP wrote:

> Am I the only one who finds this absolutely rediculous?

It may be 'ridiculous', or it may not be. But I find 'rediculous', to be a
'ridiculous' way to spell 'ridiculous'. So does my spelling checker.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

Greetings Nick,

This is by design to stop viruses and worms from spreading through the Messenger system.

I'm not a big fan of it either, but apparently it works.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--

"NickP" <> wrote in message news:...
> Hi there,
>
> Uber bug here, try sending the following messages to anyone on MSN version 8.1.0178.00
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/reallysafew...fedownload.php << wont send
>
> http://www.reallynastywebsite/destroyyourpc.php < will send
>
> "Hey man, could you just upload the new version of download.php to the ftp site for me?"
> << wont send
>
> ....
>
> Am I the only one who finds this absolutely rediculous?
>
> Microsoft! Stop filtering my messages, if you mess with peoples communications so much
> they will only stop trusting you, simple as that.
>
> Nick.
>
>
>

Yeah, thanks troll.

Why don't you kiss my ar$e?

"N. Miller" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Mon, 7 May 2007 15:07:38 +0100, NickP wrote:
>
>> Am I the only one who finds this absolutely rediculous?
>
> It may be 'ridiculous', or it may not be. But I find 'rediculous', to be a
> 'ridiculous' way to spell 'ridiculous'. So does my spelling checker.
>
> --
> Norman
> ~Oh Lord, why have you come
> ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

Hi Jonathan,

Sorry but I think It has been handled very poorly. If it isn't a link
then why filter it? Why not display a message to the user saying that their
message was not sent as it contained "xxx"? Sending someone "download.php"
in an msn message will not transmit a virus, nor will sending
http://www.freeviruses.com/download.php. Most applications just pop up a
warning and say tell you that you are about to be taken to a website that
could be dangerous.

But anyways, I'm not suggesting that I know all about software. I just
got extremely frustrated whilst trying to have a conversation with someone
who didn't even know that I was trying to send them messages with a link in,
which may I add was completely harmless. It would also explain allot of
conversations I have had on MSN in in the past that have got confused.

Nick.

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:93263163-DD91-4F63-ACE7-...
> Greetings Nick,
>
> This is by design to stop viruses and worms from spreading through the
> Messenger system.
>
> I'm not a big fan of it either, but apparently it works.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "NickP" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Uber bug here, try sending the following messages to anyone on MSN
>> version 8.1.0178.00
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/reallysafew...fedownload.php << wont
>> send
>>
>> http://www.reallynastywebsite/destroyyourpc.php < will send
>>
>> "Hey man, could you just upload the new version of download.php to the
>> ftp site for me?" << wont send
>>
>> ....
>>
>> Am I the only one who finds this absolutely rediculous?
>>
>> Microsoft! Stop filtering my messages, if you mess with peoples
>> communications so much they will only stop trusting you, simple as that.
>>
>> Nick.
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Hi Nick,

It looks for a specific text string, and if it sees it, drops the message entirely. I might
(guessing) be done so simply for performance reasons.

Additionally the NAK ("message could not be sent..") is probably not as to avoid flooding the
infected client with messages as most of the viruses/worms in question will try to send to
the entire contact list at once. By just dropping the messages, it probably also doesn't hit
the Messenger server's flood protection features.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--


"NickP" <> wrote in message news:Oj%...
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> Sorry but I think It has been handled very poorly. If it isn't a link then why filter
> it? Why not display a message to the user saying that their message was not sent as it
> contained "xxx"? Sending someone "download.php" in an msn message will not transmit a
> virus, nor will sending http://www.freeviruses.com/download.php. Most applications just pop
> up a warning and say tell you that you are about to be taken to a website that could be
> dangerous.
>
> But anyways, I'm not suggesting that I know all about software. I just got extremely
> frustrated whilst trying to have a conversation with someone who didn't even know that I
> was trying to send them messages with a link in, which may I add was completely harmless.
> It would also explain allot of conversations I have had on MSN in in the past that have got
> confused.
>
> Nick.
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:93263163-DD91-4F63-ACE7-...
>> Greetings Nick,
>>
>> This is by design to stop viruses and worms from spreading through the Messenger system.
>>
>> I'm not a big fan of it either, but apparently it works.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>> --
>>
>> "NickP" <> wrote in message news:...
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> Uber bug here, try sending the following messages to anyone on MSN version 8.1.0178.00
>>>
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/reallysafew...fedownload.php << wont send
>>>
>>> http://www.reallynastywebsite/destroyyourpc.php < will send
>>>
>>> "Hey man, could you just upload the new version of download.php to the ftp site for
>>> me?" << wont send
>>>
>>> ....
>>>
>>> Am I the only one who finds this absolutely rediculous?
>>>
>>> Microsoft! Stop filtering my messages, if you mess with peoples communications so
>>> much they will only stop trusting you, simple as that.
>>>
>>> Nick.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>