** Warning **

[landy]

is any one gettin dodgy messages on msn about a "omg is this a pic off you" if so its a virus and is fucked my pc up

[Viper]

i had that AGES ago.. like, a year ago... hope its not coming back!! nnoooooooooo

thanx for the heads up

[James]

Yes landy.. you just sent me it.. but i noticed it's a .pif file that you have to run so i dident run it..

edit : .pif usually means something uber bad

[landy]

i had that AGES ago.. like, a year ago... hope its not coming back!! nnoooooooooo

thanx for the heads up

did it fuck your pc up if so how did u fix it

[mattwesty]

If you have recieve a message from me saying:

OMG is this you (link)

Please do not open it, it will fuck up your messenger!

ps. cheers landy! LOL.

[landy]

i will say thanks to m20pub for sendin me it

[Leo]

yeh .pif is a executable file like .exe - do not open!!!

[James]

i will say thanks to m20pub for sendin me it

I got one of you and him.. lol.. but i dident run it :fcuk:

[Viper]

i cant remember.. sorry mate.

but if ur pc is fucked.. do a huge virus scan.. (use more than one program..)

and if that doesnt help.. full system restore :S

while you're at it.. you may aswell defrag (thats if you dont need to system restore..)

[James]

Landy system restore your computer to a week ago... that will get rid of it,

[Viper]

they dont send it to you themselves.. it gets sent through their account.. so its not their fault ;)

[landy]

fuckin i did if any one can help me or any one else sort this problem out then please do so

[landy]

Landy system restore your computer to a week ago... that will get rid of it,

just done that cloud and it aint worked

[Viper]

do it for 2 weeks ago then.. and.. that SHOULD have worked :S

[Viper]

or.. get a mac ;)

[James]

Landy what virus software you got on your computer?

if you say norton ill just laugh at you...

[landy]

i did it too two months back

[landy]

ad-aware SE

[Aimee_C]

Landy what virus software you got on your computer?

if you say norton ill just laugh at you...

why will you laugh? *confuddled*

[Aimee_C]

ad-aware SE

same as me - also have norton on aswell just never use it

[Amiee]

me being a dumbass clicked it but thankfully didnt work :)

[Alex]

Norton is pants, give ewido a go, always worked for me.
www.ewido.net

[landy]

is the ad aware se a good one did a search and it found 26 critical bugs cleared them doing it now and its found 7

[mattwesty]

i'm uninstalling everything, and gonna re install MSN in a bit.

[Mark]

Merged 2 threads, keep your eyes open.

[landy]

Merged 2 threads, keep your eyes open.

mark ive restored my pc to 8th june and ran the ad aware 2 now wot else can i do

[Barry123]

reinstall windows dude

[Jonny_H]

i clicked the link

it open internet explorer but never loaded up ?

[landy]

if i've done all that will it be safe to run msn again or reinstall it

[mattwesty]

you can't re install mesenger mate until, you've got all the virus out. i tried and it tries to reload the virus! :(

[landy]

mines sorted now

[mattwesty]

what did you do?

[Mystic]

If i remember correctly from the first time this virus went around. it runs as a process, independant of msn and can be terminated in your task manager.

Start > Run
Type "msconfig"
Select "Startup" Tab
Uncheck the box for the same process you have terminated
Click OK
Restart
"Configuration somthing" box pops up
Check "dont tell me again"
Click OK

I doubt if this is the same virus, but it sounds similar and might be able to be stopped the same way.

[mattwesty]

If i remember correctly from the first time this virus went around. it runs as a process, independant of msn and can be terminated in your task manager.

Start > Run
Type "msconfig"
Select "Startup" Tab
Uncheck the box for the same process you have terminated
Click OK
Restart
"Configuration somthing" box pops up
Check "dont tell me again"
Click OK

I doubt if this is the same virus, but it sounds similar and might be able to be stopped the same way.

tried that but it didn't work, anymore ideas peeps?

[landy]

do a virus scan and delete all your bugs restore it back a month the do another scan till there all gone then reinstall msn mate

[Martsax]

The link they send you over msn is something like OMG is this you www.lolipop(or something similar) and it ends in a JPG extension

[fredjudd]

I had this, i tried everything to get rid of it then one day it just stopped... lol

[hellonpluto]

is any one gettin dodgy messages on msn about a "omg is this a pic off you" if so its a virus and is fucked my pc up

get some anti virus installed and make sure its updated everyday, also ensure you do your critical windows updates as well!

[m20pub]

landy iam sorry i was at work next min i had people ringing me up asking why i am sending virus out so its not my fault it was going threw all my contacts sending them it i had to wait till it finished i have cleared it now.
i deleted msn then got ad-awear then deleted that and got avg free virus scan i detected 2 major viruses then delted them so i downloaded msn again and its fine

[m20pub]

i will say thanks to m20pub for sendin me it


you shouldnt click links you dont no what they are, but as i said above sorry couldnt be helped

[speedyvtr]

cheers for the warning.