Computer Viruses, A Place to Post Warnings!

Seeing as most of us use the internet frequently :whistle: I thought it might be an idea to have a place where we can let each other know about virus warnings etc.

We all know how quick the NHF bush telegraph is and it may just save someone a lot of heartache! Afterall none of us would like to be deprived of our Nigel fix! :scared:

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I recently received a warning about a virus doing the rounds on MSN. When you sign in, or are in the middle of an MSN session you receive a message from one of your contacts telling you (in everyday English) that they have found a shocking picture of you on the internet and provides a link to the page for you to access it.

Do not click on the link.

As soon as you do, it begins to download onto your computer and subsequently sends the same message to every contact you have and so it spreads.

If you have been unlucky enough to have clicked on it, you need to delete MSN from your computer completely, then delete all the shortcuts from your desktop, empty your trash can and restart your computer. You can then download MSN again but will have lost your smilies and contacts.

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This is an excellent idea Sparkle :hug:

Thankyou for the warning, that is scary :scared:

Thanks for the warning hon! :thumb: :scared:

Thanks for the warning Sparkle :) and it's great to have a topic like this to warn other internet users! :thumb:

Thanks for letting us know and hope no-one has got it

thanks Sparkle

What a brilliant idea.
Thanks Sparkle
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tehre's another virus doing its rounds on MSN. i've had the invitation for it being sent a couple of times (and foolishly accpeted it once which messed up my computer) so had to re-install MSN.
its like what Sparkle mentioned-you get the invitation that your friend wants to send you something-in this case a photo album. I got messages like:
'I have made this album for you. its an album of my life. It took me hours.'
and
'lol your sister wanted me to send you this.'
the virus is called 'photo album!'
whatever you do do not accept!.

The virus that Sparkle has mentioned has been messaged to me a couple of times before but I didn't click on the link but if you were unfortunate to have done so, your anti-virus protection like Norton for example will not detect it! So you can either un-install msn and do what Sparkle has said or create a new msn account where you can add all your contacts from your old list. :)

Yep! I had to un-install my MSN! :rolleyes: