block viruses - Printable Version
-Shoutbox (https://shoutbox.menthix.net)
+-- Forum: MsgHelp Archive (/forumdisplay.php?fid=58)
+--- Forum: Messenger Plus! for Live Messenger (/forumdisplay.php?fid=4)
+---- Forum: WLM Plus! General (/forumdisplay.php?fid=23)
+----- Thread: block viruses (/showthread.php?tid=39774)
block viruses by Fox186 on 03-08-2005 at 04:39 PM
hey guys and gals..this is my first post and i only made the account cuz i had an idea on how to improve the auto accept feature..a few days ago a friend of mine infected with the W32 worm sent me the virus and since she is a trusted source i had my msgplus to auto accept anything from her..what im wondering is, if there is anyway you can make msg plus not accept certain files (for example .pif files) or any other known viruses. and maybe if thats not possible patchu can try and design something like that for the future upgrades.
p.s yes i know having a good antivirus will just get rid of it and i do have a good one, but i just want to prevent ever accepting any types of that without having to turn off completely autoaccepting other files from my contacts
RE: block viruses by King For A Day on 03-08-2005 at 05:35 PM
hmm i think as long as u dont open it that file does nothing, but realy i wouldnt use auto accept if it worries you its not that hard to just click it
RE: block viruses by matty on 03-08-2005 at 05:42 PM
quote:When my plugin is done it will actually have an autoscan (based on file extension) after you recieve a file. In there will be the option to autodelete certain files with certain extensions. Unfortunatly I have no ETA on the plugin since this is the second time V2 is being recoded from the ground up.
Originally posted by Fox186
hey guys and gals..this is my first post and i only made the account cuz i had an idea on how to improve the auto accept feature..a few days ago a friend of mine infected with the W32 worm sent me the virus and since she is a trusted source i had my msgplus to auto accept anything from her..what im wondering is, if there is anyway you can make msg plus not accept certain files (for example .pif files) or any other known viruses. and maybe if thats not possible patchu can try and design something like that for the future upgrades.
p.s yes i know having a good antivirus will just get rid of it and i do have a good one, but i just want to prevent ever accepting any types of that without having to turn off completely autoaccepting other files from my contacts
RE: block viruses by haydos on 03-08-2005 at 05:42 PM
Its a good idea and i think somebody is alread working on a plug-in for a .pif blocker (can anybody clarify?)
Edit: ^^ yea what matty said
RE: block viruses by Fox186 on 03-08-2005 at 06:46 PM
oh cool, cant wait to use something like that, good luck with it 
RE: block viruses by SikStyles on 03-08-2005 at 07:48 PM
doesnt msn have autoscan on already..i dont know..my virus protection scans the files immediately when they arrive..
RE: block viruses by dreaded on 03-08-2005 at 08:25 PM
Yeah msn messenger has that option to scan files. Its under the file transfer option. And most antivirus products do that now. I know mcafee, norton, and trend does. Blocking certain types of files as a plugin, is a good idea though.
RE: block viruses by Fox186 on 03-09-2005 at 01:27 AM
yes i know that msn has the option to autoscan the files when they arrive and i do have my norton corp AV to scan the files, which is how i found out about the virus since i wasnt even at the comp when it was sent to me..but why want to get rid of something you would rather not download at all..