| Can someone be hacked thru MSN? |
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alegator
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O.P.  Can someone be hacked thru MSN?
I mean, if I leave MSN online permanently and one of my contacts is allowed and online can he hack me assuming I never open any files I receive from him? (and of course assuming I have an updated firewalll, antivirus, etc)
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| 04-10-2005 08:30 PM |
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lizard.boy
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RE: Can someone be hacked thru MSN?
well there was a little program that would let you controll your contacts pc through the screennames, but you need to accpet the file and run it. if you dont run any exe's you should be fine.
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| 04-10-2005 09:13 PM |
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RE: Can someone be hacked thru MSN?
It is near impossible to be hacked but it isn't impossible. Seeing how connections through MSN are not Direct Connections (meaning one computer isn't connected to another) It is pretty hard to find the IP Address of the contact you are talking to unless you send a file and get the IP that way. Now whether or not you open an files from this contact or not will not make it easier or harder for you to be hacked unless it is a backdoor torjan. But with the recent release of MSN, most file extensions are blocked from being transfered. Just leave your firewall up and it will be pretty hard for you to get hacked.
Routers work wonders 
Matty
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| 04-10-2005 09:15 PM |
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ShawnZ
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RE: Can someone be hacked thru MSN?
Matty, in the new version of MSN Messenger, there is an option to 'attempt to establish a direct connection with my contacts' so I assume it would be easy to get the IP if someone checked that. But then, there arent many current exploits that have been discovered, so untill you see the next MSBLASTER virus on the news, youll be just fine  Spoiler: the game.
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| 04-10-2005 09:17 PM |
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alegator
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O.P. RE: RE: Can someone be hacked thru MSN?
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Originally posted by Shawnz
in the new version of MSN Messenger, there is an option to 'attempt to establish a direct connection with my contacts'
What is that feature useful for? |
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| 04-10-2005 09:46 PM |
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ShawnZ
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RE: Can someone be hacked thru MSN?
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| 04-10-2005 09:59 PM |
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andrey
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RE: Can someone be hacked thru MSN?
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Originally posted by Shawnz
Not much.
The "attempt to establish a direct connection with my contacts" option was introduced to ease the traffic load on microsoft's servers. Normally, you would connect to your contact through one of their servers, but when you enable this option, you don't use their servers to forward each message sent, and a direct connection with your contacts' computer gets established. |
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| 04-10-2005 10:08 PM |
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RE: Can someone be hacked thru MSN?
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Originally posted by andrey
The "attempt to establish a direct connection with my contacts" option was introduced to ease the traffic load on microsoft's servers. Normally, you would connect to your contact through one of their servers, but when you enable this option, you don't use their servers to forward each message sent, and a direct connection with your contacts' computer gets established.
changing words, a peer to peer connection right?
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Originally posted by Matty
Routers work wonders
 , but they are messy when you want to host some multiplayer games and you don't know how to mess with the ports lol  (self experience) LOL |
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| 04-10-2005 10:21 PM |
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squall_leonhart69r
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RE: Can someone be hacked thru MSN?
uma actually if you are using a avatar pic from your own computer on thier they can trace the image back to your machine
 after many times of getting hacked by my friend neo i no longer accept files from him nor do i allow him to see my display pic |
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| 04-12-2005 12:53 AM |
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RE: Can someone be hacked thru MSN?
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Originally posted by Shawnz
Matty, in the new version of MSN Messenger, there is an option to 'attempt to establish a direct connection with my contacts' so I assume it would be easy to get the IP if someone checked that. But then, there arent many current exploits that have been discovered, so untill you see the next MSBLASTER virus on the news, youll be just fine
how do i enable this direct connection feature? ![[Image: puritysig8.jpg/]](http://img233.imageshack.us/i/puritysig8.jpg/)
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| 04-12-2005 01:37 AM |
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