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03-11-2008
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| | foto_00_17.zip Is Microsoft even addressing the problem experienced by thousands of Windows Live Messenger users where one of your contacts sends you a file asking you to click to accept a photo? How do you get rid of this insidious trojan or worm or what ever the thing is? I've done everything microsoft told me to do several times and I'm still getting the worm from one of my contacts who has also done what microsoft told her to do. Any suggestions out there for me? |
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03-12-2008
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| | Re: foto_00_17.zip Greetings Pat, Well one major issue is that there's millions of these things floating around and only small number have been identified and are in the various major virus scanners (which I assume you've already tried). However, if you're familiar enough with your PC, just open up Task Manager and locate the amiss process and then exterminate it yourself. There is no set name however, so if you're not familiar with what should be running, this could be more difficult. -- 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 -- "Pat" <Pat@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:4B592790-EB13-4BD7-85C3-093245256053@xxxxxx Quote: > Is Microsoft even addressing the problem experienced by thousands of Windows > Live Messenger users where one of your contacts sends you a file asking you > to click to accept a photo? How do you get rid of this insidious trojan or > worm or what ever the thing is? > I've done everything microsoft told me to do several times and I'm still > getting the worm from one of my contacts who has also done what microsoft > told her to do. Any suggestions out there for me? |
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03-12-2008
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| | Re: foto_00_17.zip "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote: Quote: > Greetings Pat, > > Well one major issue is that there's millions of these things floating around and only small > number have been identified and are in the various major virus scanners (which I assume > you've already tried). > > However, if you're familiar enough with your PC, just open up Task Manager and locate the > amiss process and then exterminate it yourself. There is no set name however, so if you're > not familiar with what should be running, this could be more difficult. > > -- > 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 > -- > > > "Pat" <Pat@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:4B592790-EB13-4BD7-85C3-093245256053@xxxxxx Quote: > > Is Microsoft even addressing the problem experienced by thousands of Windows > > Live Messenger users where one of your contacts sends you a file asking you > > to click to accept a photo? How do you get rid of this insidious trojan or > > worm or what ever the thing is? > > I've done everything microsoft told me to do several times and I'm still > > getting the worm from one of my contacts who has also done what microsoft > > told her to do. Any suggestions out there for me? > |
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03-13-2008
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| | Re: foto_00_17.zip When you look carefully at the name of this foto you will notice that the name is something like "foto _00_17.jpg - www.freetrojans.com". Now remember that, no matter how many spaces are in between, and no matter what it resembles, ANY name ending on .com (and .exe, .bat, .pif and some even rarer extensions) is an EXECUTABLE (=program). Removing it is relatively easy. From Taskmanager kill microsoft.exe; after that remove microsoft.exe from c:\windows\system32. Then download something like multi_av and cleanup your system just to make sure. DO NOT run msn untill you are clean; your friends might start to hate you! Mees de Roo "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:498578D1-C7C7-4FDF-A646-66F7238D5CBC@xxxxxx Quote: > Greetings Pat, > > Well one major issue is that there's millions of these things floating > around and only small number have been identified and are in the various > major virus scanners (which I assume you've already tried). > > However, if you're familiar enough with your PC, just open up Task Manager > and locate the amiss process and then exterminate it yourself. There is no > set name however, so if you're not familiar with what should be running, > this could be more difficult. > > -- > 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 > -- > > > "Pat" <Pat@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:4B592790-EB13-4BD7-85C3-093245256053@xxxxxx Quote: >> Is Microsoft even addressing the problem experienced by thousands of >> Windows >> Live Messenger users where one of your contacts sends you a file asking you >> to click to accept a photo? How do you get rid of this insidious trojan or >> worm or what ever the thing is? >> I've done everything microsoft told me to do several times and I'm still >> getting the worm from one of my contacts who has also done what microsoft >> told her to do. Any suggestions out there for me? > |
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