Virus- related links?

Since downloading WLM beta, I have been receiving links from at least two of
my buddies to go a certain site (different site each occasion), and when I
tried to chat with these 'buddies' they go offline immediately. When I later
contact them, they said they were not online at the time. What does this mean?

Greetings,

More than likely they've obtained a Messenger virus/worm. Besides running an antivirus
application to attempt to remove these, these are usually not that difficult for an
experienced computer user to remove; just finding the process and removing it.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"smiles" <> wrote in message
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> Since downloading WLM beta, I have been receiving links from at least two of
> my buddies to go a certain site (different site each occasion), and when I
> tried to chat with these 'buddies' they go offline immediately. When I later
> contact them, they said they were not online at the time. What does this mean?

So it seems that someone is masquerading under their identity. Should they
change their password?

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> More than likely they've obtained a Messenger virus/worm. Besides running an antivirus
> application to attempt to remove these, these are usually not that difficult for an
> experienced computer user to remove; just finding the process and removing it.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
> --
>
>
> "smiles" <> wrote in message
> news0A9D68D-E508-4063-9F6F-...
> > Since downloading WLM beta, I have been receiving links from at least two of
> > my buddies to go a certain site (different site each occasion), and when I
> > tried to chat with these 'buddies' they go offline immediately. When I later
> > contact them, they said they were not online at the time. What does this mean?
>
>
>

Hi,

Probably won't work as most of these just communicate through Messenger itself -- they should
get it cleaned off.

However, changing the password after that might be a good idea, goodness knows what these
things really do.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
--


"smiles" <> wrote in message
news:EC191936-243C-46F1-B3A7-...
> So it seems that someone is masquerading under their identity. Should they
> change their password?
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> More than likely they've obtained a Messenger virus/worm. Besides running an antivirus
>> application to attempt to remove these, these are usually not that difficult for an
>> experienced computer user to remove; just finding the process and removing it.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
>> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
>> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
>> --
>>
>>
>> "smiles" <> wrote in message
>> news0A9D68D-E508-4063-9F6F-...
>> > Since downloading WLM beta, I have been receiving links from at least two of
>> > my buddies to go a certain site (different site each occasion), and when I
>> > tried to chat with these 'buddies' they go offline immediately. When I later
>> > contact them, they said they were not online at the time. What does this mean?
>>
>>
>>

Thanks , info was helpful

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Probably won't work as most of these just communicate through Messenger itself -- they should
> get it cleaned off.
>
> However, changing the password after that might be a good idea, goodness knows what these
> things really do.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
> --
>
>
> "smiles" <> wrote in message
> news:EC191936-243C-46F1-B3A7-...
> > So it seems that someone is masquerading under their identity. Should they
> > change their password?
> >
> > "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Greetings,
> >>
> >> More than likely they've obtained a Messenger virus/worm. Besides running an antivirus
> >> application to attempt to remove these, these are usually not that difficult for an
> >> experienced computer user to remove; just finding the process and removing it.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jonathan Kay
> >> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> >> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> >> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> >> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >> (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >> "smiles" <> wrote in message
> >> news0A9D68D-E508-4063-9F6F-...
> >> > Since downloading WLM beta, I have been receiving links from at least two of
> >> > my buddies to go a certain site (different site each occasion), and when I
> >> > tried to chat with these 'buddies' they go offline immediately. When I later
> >> > contact them, they said they were not online at the time. What does this mean?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>