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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).