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O.P. Explicit vulgar messages sent while not logged in
Hi,

I've started to get very vulgar messages from my 10 year old daughter while she is not even logged in to her account.  The messages are like this:

WANNA F#$&?! CONNECT WITH MILLIONS OF REAL PEOPLE!
http://www.Cyber-Erotics.com/stars.php 

How is this happening and how do I stop it?  She does not even use the Messenger program but logs in through meebo.com.  I have also scanned her PC to see if there are any viruses, but none have been detected.

Thanks for any help/advice

Frank
04-08-2009 08:50 PM
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RE: Explicit vulgar messages sent while not logged in
It seems like she put her login data into a phising site (there is a lot going around)
Just ask her to change her password and all will be fine.
04-08-2009 08:55 PM
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RE: Explicit vulgar messages sent while not logged in
If it's not a virus, then it's likely they have her password, tell her to change her password and see if the problem persists.



EDIT: bleh beaten

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04-08-2009 08:57 PM
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O.P. RE: Explicit vulgar messages sent while not logged in
Thanks,

I'll get her to change her password and warn her about phishing again.

Just out of interest, if someone has got her password, shouldn't they appear as being online when the message gets sent?  Because she does not appear as online when I receive the message.

With respect to it being windows messenger as opposed to windows live messenger, I couldn't install either one on her PC (it's an old windows 2000 pro) so I set her up to use meebo.com instead.
04-08-2009 09:44 PM
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RE: Explicit vulgar messages sent while not logged in
You can "Appear Offline" from most "Clients" (that let you log into the MSN network
<Eljay> "Problems encountered: shit blew up" :zippy:
04-08-2009 10:20 PM
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