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O.P. Bug in the Messenger.
How can I report bugs in Messenger?
I surfed the microsoft.com, msn.com, messenger.msn.com, but I found nothing.
I found a very big bug in the system, Somebody can view my chat, and can write on my name. I'm sure, that the bug is in the messenger system, not in the client, because I captured the packets, and his messages came from the messenger servers.
12-11-2005 10:50 AM
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RE: Bug in the Messenger.
http://support.msn.com/eform.aspx?productKey=mess...byemail&ct=eformts
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12-11-2005 10:58 AM
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O.P. RE: Bug in the Messenger.
Thanks Zahid, I reported the bug.
12-11-2005 11:12 AM
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RE: Bug in the Messenger.
The "bug" you're reporting is not a bug.

What you experienced is the imitate function some plugins/addons have (like MessengerDiscoveryX).

This will simply imitate your chatname and thus it seems that the contact is writing in your name. However, this is not a bug and there is also no security issue what-so-ever. The contact is still using his own .NET Passport, not yours, only his nickname is the same as yours.

Other than that this is probably annoying for you, there is nothing wrong with it...

This post was edited on 12-11-2005 at 11:42 AM by CookieRevised.
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12-11-2005 11:40 AM
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I captured the packets
So surely you analysed them fully? In the protocol specification the user's e-mail address is passed in the MSG packets. If MDX changes this to match yours, I'm surprised Messenger doesn't have a fit. If MDX doesn't change the e-mail address, that should have alerted you to what's going on.
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12-11-2005 10:44 PM
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O.P. RE: Bug in the Messenger.
CookieRevised, you completely misunderstood me, that person wrote in my chat window.
12-25-2005 09:20 PM
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RE: Bug in the Messenger.
As I said, unless you give a better description or even a (mock up) screenshot to proof otherwise or what yuo exactly mean, it is most likely the imitate function of MessengerDiscovery.

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12-25-2005 11:21 PM
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O.P. RE: Bug in the Messenger.
So, a description:

I was chatting with my friend, when suddenly a message appeared in the window, as that, I wrote the message, but I know, that I didn't. In a normal chat, there was a message like f*** you in hungarian after my name. I beleived, that that's a virus, but the messages were in connection with my messages, and contained mistakes. After I get know about he is a man, I talked with him, so it's sure, that it's not a virus. I started a packet schniffer, and I saw, that the message, contains his message (as my message) came from the messenger's servers. So, that's sure, that the bug is not in the client, and nobody broke into my machine.
12-27-2005 04:52 PM
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RE: Bug in the Messenger.
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So, that's sure, that the bug is not in the client, and nobody broke into my machine.
you can't jump to such conclussions just by seeing some packet.

Anyways, it still sounds exactly as the imitate function of MessengerDiscoveryX.
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12-27-2005 05:20 PM
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CookieRevised, you completely misunderstood me, that person wrote in my chat window.

He understood you perfectly

Your contact used Messenger Discovery X to automatically change their nickname to yours, say a message, and change it back without you noticing. Your contact in no way "wrote in your window", if he did, then wouldn't the packet be coming from you and going outward? 8-)
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12-27-2005 05:39 PM
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