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| | Dubious web address on sign in After I sign in to WLM I get a message purporting to come from one of my contacts. All it says is "Contact Name says: http://www.cekilir.info/list". I have looked at the site www.cekilir.info & creates the impression that it is connected with MSN & will tell you who has blocked you on WLM if you input your account details. At the bottom of the page is a statement in small letters that the site is in no way connected with the Microsoft Corporation. Naturally I did not fill out my details. Has anyone else experience of this? Is it a hoax, as I suspect, or is it genuine? |
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| | Re: Dubious web address on sign in On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 03:00:14 -0800, Mike_Aberdeen wrote: Quote: > After I sign in to WLM I get a message purporting to come from one of my > contacts. All it says is "Contact Name says: http://www.cekilir.info/list". I > have looked at the site www.cekilir.info & creates the impression that it is > connected with MSN & will tell you who has blocked you on WLM if you input > your account details. At the bottom of the page is a statement in small > letters that the site is in no way connected with the Microsoft Corporation. > Naturally I did not fill out my details. > Has anyone else experience of this? Is it a hoax, as I suspect, or is it > genuine? about losing a Messenger account. Makes one wonder if they weren't trying to use a similar service. -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
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| | Re: Dubious web address on sign in The site www.cekilir.info re-directs to one called msnliststatus.com. I've searched for this site on Google & it features heavilly in lots of forums as a phishing site. For what it's worth, I've therefore reported it to Microsoft as such with IE's Phishing tool. Neither IE7 not Firefox picked it up as such mind you.... What I can't understand is how the initial message found it's way in to my WLM. Mike. "N. Miller" wrote: Quote: > On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 03:00:14 -0800, Mike_Aberdeen wrote: > Quote: > > After I sign in to WLM I get a message purporting to come from one of my > > contacts. All it says is "Contact Name says: http://www.cekilir.info/list". I > > have looked at the site www.cekilir.info & creates the impression that it is > > connected with MSN & will tell you who has blocked you on WLM if you input > > your account details. At the bottom of the page is a statement in small > > letters that the site is in no way connected with the Microsoft Corporation. > > Naturally I did not fill out my details. > > Has anyone else experience of this? Is it a hoax, as I suspect, or is it > > genuine? > Could be a way to get your account details. From time to time somebody posts > about losing a Messenger account. Makes one wonder if they weren't trying to > use a similar service. > > -- > Norman > ~Oh Lord, why have you come > ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum > |
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| | Re: Dubious web address on sign in Greetings Mike, Sounds like someone with a Messenger virus on their PC sending it to you. -- 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 -- "Mike_Aberdeen" <Mike_Aberdeen@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:EAC07131-B7FE-4210-BEAD-09B3C64CF625@xxxxxx Quote: > After I sign in to WLM I get a message purporting to come from one of my > contacts. All it says is "Contact Name says: http://www.cekilir.info/list". I > have looked at the site www.cekilir.info & creates the impression that it is > connected with MSN & will tell you who has blocked you on WLM if you input > your account details. At the bottom of the page is a statement in small > letters that the site is in no way connected with the Microsoft Corporation. > Naturally I did not fill out my details. > Has anyone else experience of this? Is it a hoax, as I suspect, or is it > genuine? |
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| | Re: Dubious web address on sign in Thanks Johnathan, looks like it. Though I know that the contact concerned is firewalled, runs a virus checker (Avast), Windows Defender, and routinely checks his pc with a couple of other malware utilities. Mike. "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote: Quote: > Greetings Mike, > > Sounds like someone with a Messenger virus on their PC sending it to you. > > -- > 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 > -- > > > "Mike_Aberdeen" <Mike_Aberdeen@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:EAC07131-B7FE-4210-BEAD-09B3C64CF625@xxxxxx Quote: > > After I sign in to WLM I get a message purporting to come from one of my > > contacts. All it says is "Contact Name says: http://www.cekilir.info/list". I > > have looked at the site www.cekilir.info & creates the impression that it is > > connected with MSN & will tell you who has blocked you on WLM if you input > > your account details. At the bottom of the page is a statement in small > > letters that the site is in no way connected with the Microsoft Corporation. > > Naturally I did not fill out my details. > > Has anyone else experience of this? Is it a hoax, as I suspect, or is it > > genuine? > |
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| | Re: Dubious web address on sign in Hi Mike, Won't stop a Messenger virus if they clicked and run the virus executable. They're usually made from an existing one and are unique. The utilities in question rely on blacklists and due to the uniqueness, are rarely detected by any application I've seen. At least not for a few months. -- 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 -- "Mike_Aberdeen" <MikeAberdeen@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:2D8B4AF6-7D20-4C68-9427-336CAD014D35@xxxxxx Quote: > Thanks Johnathan, looks like it. Though I know that the contact concerned is > firewalled, runs a virus checker (Avast), Windows Defender, and routinely > checks his pc with a couple of other malware utilities. > > Mike. > > > "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote: > Quote: >> Greetings Mike, >> >> Sounds like someone with a Messenger virus on their PC sending it to you. >> >> -- >> 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 >> -- >> >> >> "Mike_Aberdeen" <Mike_Aberdeen@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:EAC07131-B7FE-4210-BEAD-09B3C64CF625@xxxxxx Quote: >> > After I sign in to WLM I get a message purporting to come from one of my >> > contacts. All it says is "Contact Name says: http://www.cekilir.info/list". I >> > have looked at the site www.cekilir.info & creates the impression that it is >> > connected with MSN & will tell you who has blocked you on WLM if you input >> > your account details. At the bottom of the page is a statement in small >> > letters that the site is in no way connected with the Microsoft Corporation. >> > Naturally I did not fill out my details. >> > Has anyone else experience of this? Is it a hoax, as I suspect, or is it >> > genuine? >> |
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| | Re: Dubious web address on sign in Hi Johnathan, Thanks for your answer. Is there anything around that would detect/eliminate the virus that you know of? Thanks, Mike. "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote: Quote: > Hi Mike, > > Won't stop a Messenger virus if they clicked and run the virus executable. They're usually > made from an existing one and are unique. > > The utilities in question rely on blacklists and due to the uniqueness, are rarely detected > by any application I've seen. At least not for a few months. > > -- > 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 > -- > > > "Mike_Aberdeen" <MikeAberdeen@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:2D8B4AF6-7D20-4C68-9427-336CAD014D35@xxxxxx Quote: > > Thanks Johnathan, looks like it. Though I know that the contact concerned is > > firewalled, runs a virus checker (Avast), Windows Defender, and routinely > > checks his pc with a couple of other malware utilities. > > > > Mike. > > > > > > "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote: > > Quote: > >> Greetings Mike, > >> > >> Sounds like someone with a Messenger virus on their PC sending it to you. > >> > >> -- > >> 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 > >> -- > >> > >> > >> "Mike_Aberdeen" <Mike_Aberdeen@xxxxxx> wrote in message > >> news:EAC07131-B7FE-4210-BEAD-09B3C64CF625@xxxxxx > >> > After I sign in to WLM I get a message purporting to come from one of my > >> > contacts. All it says is "Contact Name says: http://www.cekilir.info/list". I > >> > have looked at the site www.cekilir.info & creates the impression that it is > >> > connected with MSN & will tell you who has blocked you on WLM if you input > >> > your account details. At the bottom of the page is a statement in small > >> > letters that the site is in no way connected with the Microsoft Corporation. > >> > Naturally I did not fill out my details. > >> > Has anyone else experience of this? Is it a hoax, as I suspect, or is it > >> > genuine? > >> > >> |
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| | Re: Dubious web address on sign in Hi Mike, Well the easiest thing is just to open up the Task Manager and look at the processes running. These things are pretty basic, they don't hide. All you have to do is locate what doesn't belong, kill its process and then remove the executable. -- 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 -- "Mike_Aberdeen" <MikeAberdeen@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:06C901D5-5DDB-45FE-ABAD-67CB12DADA0C@xxxxxx Quote: > Hi Johnathan, > > Thanks for your answer. Is there anything around that would detect/eliminate > the virus that you know of? > > Thanks, > > Mike. > > "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote: > Quote: >> Hi Mike, >> >> Won't stop a Messenger virus if they clicked and run the virus executable. They're >> usually >> made from an existing one and are unique. >> >> The utilities in question rely on blacklists and due to the uniqueness, are rarely >> detected >> by any application I've seen. At least not for a few months. >> >> -- >> 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 >> -- >> >> >> "Mike_Aberdeen" <MikeAberdeen@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:2D8B4AF6-7D20-4C68-9427-336CAD014D35@xxxxxx Quote: >> > Thanks Johnathan, looks like it. Though I know that the contact concerned is >> > firewalled, runs a virus checker (Avast), Windows Defender, and routinely >> > checks his pc with a couple of other malware utilities. >> > >> > Mike. >> > >> > >> > "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote: >> > >> >> Greetings Mike, >> >> >> >> Sounds like someone with a Messenger virus on their PC sending it to you. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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 >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> "Mike_Aberdeen" <Mike_Aberdeen@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> >> news:EAC07131-B7FE-4210-BEAD-09B3C64CF625@xxxxxx >> >> > After I sign in to WLM I get a message purporting to come from one of my >> >> > contacts. All it says is "Contact Name says: http://www.cekilir.info/list". I >> >> > have looked at the site www.cekilir.info & creates the impression that it is >> >> > connected with MSN & will tell you who has blocked you on WLM if you input >> >> > your account details. At the bottom of the page is a statement in small >> >> > letters that the site is in no way connected with the Microsoft Corporation. >> >> > Naturally I did not fill out my details. >> >> > Has anyone else experience of this? Is it a hoax, as I suspect, or is it >> >> > genuine? >> >> >> >> |
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