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shishi
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      02-21-2009
Last week, someone sent me a message saying "is this your photo?" with a link.
I clicked on it, & now after i sign on, i can't send any messages or open
them either.
Others tell me I'm sending the same link to them.
Can anybody help solve this?
I'm using Live Messenger 2008..
I would greatly appreciate it!
 
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σρριмαη
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      02-21-2009
All you need is a good AV program?
What are you using?
By now all AV programs should be able to handle this.

If not, check http://www.free-av.com
That's a very good AV software.

The virus is probably named fukker.exe




"shishi" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:6F6252FF-B713-4D36-AFD6-...
> Last week, someone sent me a message saying "is this your photo?" with a
> link.
> I clicked on it, & now after i sign on, i can't send any messages or open
> them either.
> Others tell me I'm sending the same link to them.
> Can anybody help solve this?
> I'm using Live Messenger 2008..
> I would greatly appreciate it!


 
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Jonathan Kay [MVP]
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      02-22-2009
Greetings,

Unfortunately it's not that simple. There are literally thousands of these types of
viruses/worms and the vast majority of anti-virus scanners out there can't find them as their
actual life is quite short (since the links get shut down).

Besides running scanners, the vast majority of these worms are simply running executables
which you can identify just by perusing the Task Manager processes tab. If you're not
familiar enough with Windows or your system to identify them, then you may want to ask a
friend or someone similar to directly assist you in locating and deleting this worm.

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Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
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"???????" <oppiman(at)live.com> wrote in message
news:...
> All you need is a good AV program?
> What are you using?
> By now all AV programs should be able to handle this.
>
> If not, check http://www.free-av.com
> That's a very good AV software.
>
> The virus is probably named fukker.exe
>
>
>
>
> "shishi" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:6F6252FF-B713-4D36-AFD6-...
>> Last week, someone sent me a message saying "is this your photo?" with a link.
>> I clicked on it, & now after i sign on, i can't send any messages or open
>> them either.
>> Others tell me I'm sending the same link to them.
>> Can anybody help solve this?
>> I'm using Live Messenger 2008..
>> I would greatly appreciate it!

>


 
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