MSN trojan doing the rounds

[Raj]

The file asks you to open a picture and see if its a picture of you AFAIK and has your email address in it too.

DONT CLICK ON THE LINK !!!

It opens a file and loads a trojan into your MSN which is causing some serious problems and is forwarding itself to everyone in the address book :hopeless:
Uses up a lot of bandwidth and is a right pest everytime someone new gets infected......

The only things that pick it up so far are AdAware and XSoftSpy

http://english.p30world.com/archives/001644.php [xsoft free version]
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php [adaware free version]

[starlaugh]

Yes I have come across this already, haven't I lilmstrixta!!! :wink:

[lilmstrixta]

Yes I have come across this already, haven't I lilmstrixta!!! :wink:

yes lol bloody thing how annoying was that lol

[Sini]

Thanks for the heads up Raj.
Not going to let it catch me out this time >.<
Did you pass it on lilmstrixta? hehe

[lilmstrixta]

Thanks for the heads up Raj.
Not going to let it catch me out this time >.<
Did you pass it on lilmstrixta? hehe

no i actually warned people unlike some idiots i know

[Angel]

How did you get rid of it?

:hopeless:

[Angel]

http://blog.videosift.com/eric3579/New-MSN-trojan-spreading-quickly

[lilmstrixta]

i ran avg like 20 times to clean my laptop not seen it since need to take it to my uncles shop really for him to check it

[Raj]

With AVG if you turn off the system restore and then run AVG. After that clear the vault [delete the contents]
Run AVG again and check to be sure but that should be it :wink:

[starlaugh]

Even though i was warned about it i still clicked the link, thankfully my antivirus stopped anything happening....

[20-DAV-06]

haha like half my contact list is annoyin half of them i dont even know been like that for a few years like :you_crazy

[Agent Subby]

Even though i was warned about it i still clicked the link, thankfully my antivirus stopped anything happening....


Ditto. Good old McCafee saved the day.:wink:

What I was doing accepting a photo download of a stranger, God only knows.:hopeless:

[lilmstrixta]

Even though i was warned about it i still clicked the link, thankfully my antivirus stopped anything happening....

I can't believe you clicked it after i warned you not too.

[Angel]

I can't believe you clicked it after i warned you not too.

My 10 year old son did that too :wink:

[lilmstrixta]

My 10 year old son did that too :wink:
Only reason i clicked it was my mate was sending me some photos over msn next time i think i will get people to email them to me lol

[Angel]

Was my daughter who send it to me..

Thought she had found an old picture of me :hopeless:

[lilmstrixta]

Was my daughter who send it to me..

Thought she had found an old picture of me :hopeless:

i know thats what i thought bloody thing i dunno what makes people want to send them out

[GiantMidget]

i know thats what i thought bloody thing i dunno what makes people want to send them out

Cos whoever makes these virus are spotty fat little virgins who like ruining other peoples computers. And i suppose they get a buzz out of creating anarchy on the web.:you_crazy

[Agent Subby]

Cos whoever makes these virus are spotty fat little virgins who like ruining other peoples computers. And i suppose they get a buzz out of creating anarchy on the web.:you_crazy


Hey I'm not spotty, fat or a virgin. Whoops. HELP mods I can't delete this post.

[starlaugh]

I can't believe you clicked it after i warned you not too.

Yeah but I am a curious person, I was wondering how the hell you had found a picture of me! This is why I always keep my anti-virus up to date and scan on a weekly basis :wink:

[Southcaver]

Hey I'm not spotty, fat or a virgin. Whoops. HELP mods I can't delete this post.

Quite the virus making whizzkid hey:laugh_at: :laugh_at:

[JonnyQuest]

some joker in germany made a jokes virus afew years ago thats fucked shit up world wide just so his fams computer repair buisness would get more customers

[DaftFader]

tnx for the tip off raj ... btw what are the signs that you have got it as i think i opened a msg like that a while back but can't remeber exactly ..are there any obviouse things that happen after other than slow bandwith?

[lilmstrixta]

Yeah but I am a curious person, I was wondering how the hell you had found a picture of me! This is why I always keep my anti-virus up to date and scan on a weekly basis :wink:

haha i don't even know what you look like though pmsl

[GiantMidget]

Well my laptop is well and truly fucked now! I downloaded a music file and some dirty motherfucker had included a virus or worm or something nasty and completely fucked the laptop up. Me brother has fixed most of it but can't get the sound working anymore so i have no clue whats gone on there. Computers are a pain in the arse sometimes!:head_bang

[Angel]

tnx for the tip off raj ... btw what are the signs that you have got it as i think i opened a msg like that a while back but can't remeber exactly ..are there any obviouse things that happen after other than slow bandwith?

My pc died totally..

Try run a scan on it and see what happens..

I found 3 trojans and 2 viruses on my pc..

But it seems like I have been lucky,no problems anymore :bounce_g:

[e_babes]

Does anyone know if this affects Trillian? I use Trillian for all my IM's and I havent come accross it yet.

[DeathByTree]

if someone with msn gets the virus and sends it to you then it will still show up on trillian so dont click it!

if you do click it then it probably wont send itself to your contacts cos its not programed to work with trillian (i think) but itl still be running on your pc and messing things up like it normaly would.

[GiantMidget]

Well my brother has fixed me laptop and now theres no audio non whatsoever, he's stumped as am i and i've got no idea how to fix it :cry: everything else is fine but when you boot it up a message comes up saying no audio file detected. I'm quite an Amish when it comes to computers, might have to send it in to be repaired:hopeless:

[DeathByTree]

that sounds like it could be the audio driver thats been deleted or corupted.

google your soundcard manufacturers website and download the latest driver and install it.

you can find your soundcard info by right clicking on the 'my computer' icon then click 'manage' then click 'device manager' on the list then look on the 'sound, video and game controllers' list for your card name. if there is an entry with a yellow question mark or 'unknown' next to it then thats probably the card thats not working. double click it and look through the window that pops up for the manufacturer

[GiantMidget]

that sounds like it could be the audio driver thats been deleted or corupted.

google your soundcard manufacturers website and download the latest driver and install it.

you can find your soundcard info by right clicking on the 'my computer' icon then click 'manage' then click 'device manager' on the list then look on the 'sound, video and game controllers' list for your card name. if there is an entry with a yellow question mark or 'unknown' next to it then thats probably the card thats not working. double click it and look through the window that pops up for the manufacturer
Cheers for that man i had a look and it says i have to re=install the audio device or something! Rung me bro told him and he says he know exactly what to do now! thanks again for that matey:love:

[starlaugh]

haha i don't even know what you look like though pmsl

Thats why I was baffled.... But for future reference scroll down this page and you will see :biggreen:

http://www.partyvibe.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=16337&page=10

[Angel]

Thats why I was baffled.... But for future reference scroll down this page and you will see :biggreen:

http://www.partyvibe.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=16337&page=10


Scroll all the way down :laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at:

[GiantMidget]

Thats why I was baffled.... But for future reference scroll down this page and you will see :biggreen:

http://www.partyvibe.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=16337&page=10


Nice legs man!:laugh_at:

[DeathByTree]

haha looks like you were having a great time thereraaa

[GiantMidget]

Sweet my laptop is working properly again!raaa

[DeathByTree]

just about anything with computers i can help out with, comes from following various hacker forums and tweaking my own.

glad to hear its all fixed.

[darkstar]

Well my laptop is well and truly fucked now! I downloaded a music file and some dirty motherfucker had included a virus or worm or something nasty and completely fucked the laptop up. Me brother has fixed most of it but can't get the sound working anymore so i have no clue whats gone on there. Computers are a pain in the arse sometimes!:head_bang
I would suggest that you get Acronis True Image

http://www.acronis.co.uk/promo/ATI/ati11home-001.html?source=uk_google&ad=ati&gclid=CODIvIvnuZECFRMXQgodrxdVCg

This creates a complete backup of your PC or laptop.

I use this, so that if anything goes wrong - you can simply re-install the last clean working image you have saved. I usually create a backup image once a month.

And I'd also suggest turning OFF system restore as it's rubbish and just uses up disk space - and Trojans / viruses normally reside there, so even if you find them on your C:/ drive and delete them - they can reappear.


:satisfied