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How come i cant receive music/movie files? by angel of death on 04-17-2005 at 08:16 PM

I have a problem, and would really appreciate it if somoene could help me solve it.  I currently have MSN 7.0 with Messenger Plus the newest version. When my friends try to send me movie/music files, I cant receive them as it tells me "This file has been blocked because it is potentially unsafe." But when I send these types of files to my friends, they can receive them.  Can you please help me please thanks.  :)


RE: How come i cant receive music/movie files? by mwe99 on 04-17-2005 at 08:20 PM

Some files in MSN have been blocked for security. Try getting you're friend to WinZip the file then send it you.


RE: How come i cant receive music/movie files? by brian on 04-17-2005 at 08:21 PM

To unblock the blocked extensions in MSNM 7 you can use File Extension Unblocker available here: http://tinyurl.com/4wynj or SPNG available at http://www.stuffplug.com (MsgPlus! required) Please note that these filetypes were blocked in order to counter the propagation of viruses over the .NET Messenger network. Always be wary of any file you receive!

If you install StuffPlug, go to your main Contact list, click on Plus! from the menu, and choose Prefrences, click on Plugins button, and then choose StuffPlug from the list, click on Configure afterwards, then choose MSNM7 from top, you'll have serval options, that is "Remove MSN File Blocking feature", you need to check.


RE: How come i cant receive music/movie files? by angel of death on 04-17-2005 at 09:36 PM

thanks all!
ooh now it works XD thankss soo much =)


~well you see, the files that were blocked earlier were mpg, mpeg, and avi files, as well as mp3, wma files... which personally i dont think those are virus files o.O or could be virus files, but then again I could be wrong =/


RE: How come i cant receive music/movie files? by RaceProUK on 04-17-2005 at 11:18 PM

AFAIK, media files can't have viruses embedded in them. The reason they were blocked is a potentially harmful type is on the list, a program on your system opens that blocked type and media types, and MSNM7 went '2+2=5'.