Every time I get a file sent, Windows Live Messenger attempts to scan for viruses and can sometimes then delete the file. However, when I go to turn it off it just reenables itself after a restart Is there a way to get rid of it?

Tools > Options > File Transfer

Then untick the box for 'Scan files for viruses using:' and click OK.

Yeh but it wont let you send them if you dont have an av
if there int an option to send dangerous files with out av in mess patch (a-patch is pretty bad) try emailing suggestions/at/messpatch/dot/com (replace the /at/ /dot/ with @ and .)
asking for it (to be able to send files (which are dangerious) with out the av)

Window Live Messenger doesn't know all the AVs, as far as WLM is concearned anything put there is an AV.

So, this means we can trick WLM into believing it has executed an AV.

Make a dummy batch file and put @echo off as its first and only line. Safe that in a map somewhere (eg: the messenger main map) and link to this batch file in the filepathbox in WLM....

Of course you can put whatever you want, eg: if you put a VBScript or JScript there it will also be executed, etc...

Attached is a zip which contains 2 batch files:
"DummyAV1.BAT" does absolutely nothing
"DummyAV2.BAT" shows a small 'warning'

PS: and here you'll find an exe which does absolutely nothing. Can be used too of course (and no cmd window will show up either)



Note: people could actually use this trick to detect the filename of recieved files in their scripts etc...

Cookie, theres nothing attatched

edit:
cookie never misses things.... he corrected his attachment just a lil bit before my post

So why can I send/receive files without an Anti-Virus program selected?

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Originally posted by Chris4
So why can I send/receive files without an Anti-Virus program selected?

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