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Title: MSN VIRUS
Post by: tinkerman on July 31, 2010, 16:26:08 PM

I appear to have an MSN Virus, it is sending out messages to all my contacts on line 'Who did this photo of you on Facebook' do not open it, it is not from me and will bar you from contacting any of your contacts that are on line.

Any suggestions that might help would be appreciated.

Andy

Title: MSN VIRUS
Post by: welshbrickie on July 31, 2010, 16:51:58 PM

try spybot search and destroy to remove it.Or try system restore to an earlier date.Good luck

Title: MSN VIRUS
Post by: tribalelder on July 31, 2010, 16:55:12 PM

Try www.malwarebytes.com    Dont know if it will work  but it is free and is very good at getting rid of obscure gremlins. :)

Title: MSN VIRUS
Post by: stoop on July 31, 2010, 17:37:34 PM

I got this through MSN a few years back and have stopped using MSN messenger since then. It is a sod to get rid of and I eventually had to go into the registry to delete the bad files. If I can remember what I did I'll message you with the details.
Spybots a good start.

Title: MSN VIRUS
Post by: stoop on July 31, 2010, 17:59:39 PM

Things appear to have moved on a little since I had it. Maybe this will work:

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/MSN-Virus-Cleaner.shtml

Title: MSN VIRUS
Post by: tinkerman on August 01, 2010, 07:13:56 AM

The Spybot search and destroy free download did the trick, thanks guys ;)

Title: MSN VIRUS
Post by: stoop on August 01, 2010, 11:09:49 AM

Brill Tinx. I seem to remember the virus I had kept replicating itself and I had to delete some files from the registry in the end. Hopefully the new version of spybot has found a way of getting shut completely.

It's amazing how many peeps get caught out with this MSN virus through messenger. Touch wood - since I removed MSN messenger a few years back I've been clean ;)