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WLM 2009 giving link messages to contacts? Help? by Purrson on 05-13-2009 at 05:29 AM
Hi not sure how to describe whats happening other then showing conversation when I logged in after a week of not opening IM at all.
I have the latest WLM 2009 also.
quote:not everyone has contacted me, but several people have, most know me and that I would not be part of such sites. Seems its just happening to those who did last update? I hope people are working to fix it, I am thinking I should uninstall IM, reboot, run scans, before reinstalling.
05/02/2009 08:17:23 PM M I K E Did you send me some links?
05/06/2009 07:57:00 AM M I K E I cant recall....... what the links were ............I hope you didn't log in at that site
05/07/2009 04:21:51 AM M I K E thatzparty link.
05/07/2009 04:25:17 AM M I K E if you did NOT send me that link (ThatzParty.com/?image=DSC00245.JPG) date-my-im site then you had better change your msn/hotmail password right now
05/07/2009 04:26:08 AM M I K E and beware of ANY non msn site that asks for your msn log in
05/07/2009 06:43:37 AM M I K E New dirty trick tries to hack your MSN password......ONE OF YOUR msn contacts sends you a link......the trick link has YOUR username in it.......Don't click it........then notify the sender that he needs to change his MSN password
05/11/2009 01:11:09 AM M I K E all you need to do is change your password
05/11/2009 01:11:13 AM M I K E and.........
05/11/2009 01:11:43 AM M I K E dont enter your msn log-in at any non msn site
05/11/2009 01:12:23 AM M I K E read the web address carefully before log-in
My security on im is I do not let people see me unless I know them.
From another conversation with a different person
quote:
05/04/2009 03:31:28 PM renee purr think you ought to check your pc, you've been sending me a lot of links lately and I dont trust this
05/06/2009 07:51:07 PM^Purr§on^
®*hsus TY ME THINKS SOMETHING going on, opened IM and got 11 PMs from people asking... will run checks. have not been on much at all lately no energy from work and no didnt send links, havent even been in email much for weeks ty
05/07/2009 04:11:05 AM renee I know you didnt, friend of mine had the same, normal virus scan couldnt find anything though. think this new msn live is less safe than the other one was ...
05/07/2009 06:58:55 AM renee got another one hon, you havent solved the problem yet
05/11/2009 10:52:52 PM
Today
renee said (04:48 AM):
of course I know you dont do that, thats why I knew something was wrong. You're not the only one having this trouble, think there is something wrong with Live's security
renee said (04:51 AM):
Havent received any links anymore but I do see you come on line for a minute or so and then go offline again, although I cant remember if that happened yesterday as well, I know it happened about 5 times on sunday
and note Sunday was Mothers day and I was not sitting at the computer at all, so its some glitch at windows live end.
I have been doing scans and even did a hijack this with friends help, all checks out clean. Clean but for links being sent when I was not on line. Seems to have started beginning of may, if that helps you solve things.
RE: WLM 2009 giving link messages to contacts? Help? by Moh on 05-13-2009 at 02:24 PM
This has absolutely nothing to do with updating to the latest Windows Live Messenger, it is a phishing attack. You must have logged in to some phishing sites that collected your information. To solve that problem, you should change your password immediatley.
Finally, learn not to click any sites received from any contacts even if you trust them unless you are assured that the site is safe.