Major Discovery. Plugin related to account hijacking. Important, don't be a victim!

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Major Discovery. Plugin related to account hijacking. Important, don't be a victim! by oimi on 08-28-2004 at 09:33 PM

After a lot of testing, I finally came to the conclusion that the plugin named 'msnhandwriting' (In the list of plugins on Messenger plus) is the culprit behind the take-overs. If you have had a popup forced upon you, directing you to http://blasphemy.killercarrot.co.uk/error.php?a=InkRedist then you may be subject to a lot of future misery. Although I think the host who was providing 'blaspemy' a website, no longer permits this. So I guess they were informed. But just be aware of this. What I recommend; Double click the messenger icon in the taskbar, until the main screen appears. Once this has loaded, click on Plus!>Preferences...>Plugins (Left bottom tab).
From here you can find the plugin and click it once to disactivate it.
You will no longer need to worry about being hi-jacked. But to ensure this, please change your password, secret question and answer.
I am also glad to say that the popup will no longer appear when you open up messenger. Thanks, Shaun.

RE: Major Discovery. Plugin related to account hijacking. Important, don't be a victim! by Chrono on 08-28-2004 at 09:36 PM

O_O and what are ur proofs?

RE: Major Discovery. Plugin related to account hijacking. Important, don't be a victim! by TheBlasphemer on 08-28-2004 at 09:39 PM

quote:
Originally posted by oimi
After a lot of testing, I finally came to the conclusion that the plugin named 'msnhandwriting' (In the list of plugins on Messenger plus) is the culprit behind the take-overs. If you have had a popup forced upon you, directing you to http://blasphemy.killercarrot.co.uk/error.php?a=InkRedist then you may be subject to a lot of future misery. Although I think the host who was providing 'blaspemy' a website, no longer permits this. So I guess they were informed. But just be aware of this. What I recommend; Double click the messenger icon in the taskbar, until the main screen appears. Once this has loaded, click on Plus!>Preferences...>Plugins (Left bottom tab).
From here you can find the plugin and click it once to disactivate it.
You will no longer need to worry about being hi-jacked. But to ensure this, please change your password, secret question and answer.
I am also glad to say that the popup will no longer appear when you open up messenger. Thanks, Shaun.

That popup was meant to inform you that you didn't install the Ink Redistributables needed for the Handwriting to function....

Why are you telling people I try to hijack accounts, when you're just being one of those people not reading things like "readme.txt" ?

RE: Major Discovery. Plugin related to account hijacking. Important, don't be a victim! by oimi on 08-28-2004 at 09:43 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Chrono
O_O and what are ur proofs?

Proof? Every time you open msn messenger, whilst keeping this plugin active, you are taken to the url http://blasphemy.killercarrot.co.uk/error.php?a=InkRedist.
After doing research into the website url, I came up with these results; http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&...hp%3Fa%3DInkRedist
Also
http://forums.thetechguys.com/archive/index.php/t-7151.html
You should check the above post, as it seems to me as though this is not just a big coincidence. The plugin is not detected by spyware, or HiJack This, and has caused a lot of confusion.
When the plugin was disactivated, the problem stopped. This is how I am sure that this is correct.
Thanks, Shaun.

RE: Major Discovery. Plugin related to account hijacking. Important, don't be a victim! by oimi on 08-28-2004 at 09:44 PM

If this is correct, I aploligise, although you should correct this so the webpage actually does display the information it was created to display.

RE: Major Discovery. Plugin related to account hijacking. Important, don't be a victi by TheBlasphemer on 08-28-2004 at 09:45 PM

quote:
Originally posted by oimi

quote:
Originally posted by Chrono
O_O and what are ur proofs?
Proof? Every time you open msn messenger, whilst keeping this plugin active, you are taken to the url http://blasphemy.killercarrot.co.uk/error.php?a=InkRedist.
After doing research into the website url, I came up with these results; http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&...hp%3Fa%3DInkRedist
Also
http://forums.thetechguys.com/archive/index.php/t-7151.html
You should check the above post, as it seems to me as though this is not just a big coincidence. The plugin is not detected by spyware, or HiJack This, and has caused a lot of confusion.
When the plugin was disactivated, the problem stopped. This is how I am sure that this is correct.
Thanks, Shaun.

Didn't you read my post?
Besides, if no antivirus or anti-spyware program says it's evil, you think that's proof of it being evil?
I, and many other sane people, would say that that is proof that it is NOT evil ...

RE: Major Discovery. Plugin related to account hijacking. Important, don't be a victim! by oimi on 08-28-2004 at 09:50 PM

Learn to use the refresh button (f5). Then you would see I do edit my posts!

I wouldn't talk to me about suicide either. Try using that insult on someone who's relative hasn't hung themselves...

I don't see why you have to be so aggressive. This was a simple misunderstanding. There was no need to get so personal or insulting. Anyone who wasn't dumb would know that the worse thing you can do is start telling someone to kill themselves.

You, as perhaps I was, are out of order.