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hi if i accept one of those pif files or something like that and my nortan antivirus 2004 is working and on, willl it help?

the virus will infect your computer norton will just detect its there and try and remove or heal it AFAIK....

why would you want it!?!?

if it's a new virus it will take a few days before norton can detect it.

I dont want it, just my little brother might acept it accidently and i have no way of stopping him when im not watching, so incase he accepts something hes 10 im 14, i need to know if i can stop him, anyways he never listens so if i tell him not to accept files, he will do it on purpose so i need 2 no PWN

ok?

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Originally posted by steven5678
ok?

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please dont double post. use the button . in msn 7 apparenmtly tmsn has blocked dangerous file extensions. im not sure of the version but im sure someone else can tell you more about it...

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Originally posted by mess.be
Further to the last post made about blocked file extensions, we have found the full list of blocked file extensions. If you need to send files with these extensions over MSN Messenger, it would be best to send them in a zip file.

The full list of extensions is as follows:

.ade .adp .app .asp .bas .bat .cer .chm .cmd .com .cpl
.crt .csh .exe .fxp .hlp .hta .inf .ins .isp .its .js .jse .ksh .lnk
.mad .maf .mag .mam .maq .mar .mas .mat .mau .mav
.maw .mda .mdb .mde .mdt .mdw .mdz .msc .msi .msp .mst
.ops .pcd .pif .prf .prg .pst .reg .scf .scr .sct .shb .shs .tmp
.url .vb .vbe .vbs .vsd .vsmacros .vss .vst .vsw .ws .wsc .wsf .wsh

if you try and send a file with one of these extensions, your contact will recieve this message:

emailhere@msn.com tried to send you a file (filename.extension). This file has been blocked because it is potentially unsafe.

On another note, it seems that the message that appears stating that the file is blocked appears in a different window than the one sending it. Confusing!

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when did i ask for extensions?

only with the new .0732. tested it out on 0.425

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Originally posted by steven5678
when did i ask for extensions?

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you didnt, but that is the post on mess.be about msn messenger 7.0.0732 that is set to block those file extensions.

those extensions are dangerous and may contain virus

it blocks .pif files which are the known Bropia spreading files.
thats why i posted files extensions

Well incase he does, get the removal tool from:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/ven....removal.tool.html

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Originally posted by steven5678
I dont want it, just my little brother might acept it accidently and i have no way of stopping him when im not watching, so incase he accepts something hes 10 im 14, i need to know if i can stop him, anyways he never listens so if i tell him not to accept files, he will do it on purpose so i need 2 no PWN

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In MSN Messenger you can set a virus scanner to scan any file you recieve. This is done by going to:
Tools > Options > Messages > File Transfer > "Scan files for viruses using:".

In that box enter the path and file name to your scanner and add the appropiate parameters to it if necessary.


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And with a simple 'trick' you can even delete every recieved file immediatly as soon as it is recieved:



In this way, you don't need any scanner, plugin or whatever to be installed. Although this setting can of course be disabled by your little brother if he's 'clever' enough.... (but don't forget to disable it when you use messenger)


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Another thing you can do is to set up a restricted Windows account for your brother. Virusses could still harm the system though, but it would be a bit less devestating (unless you totaly restrict him from doing anything of course).