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RE: Spreading Virus
Follow all the advise given in this thread from the top.

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Originally posted by Gooner Mark
as it's probably something msn needs to take care of.
MS can't do much about this sort of things other than blocking all outgoing image-bucket links (which many other people might not like). But this doesn't prevent malware from infecting you and doesn't prevent malware using other kind of free image services or url services.

Bottom line is to never download/install stuff you don't know, certainly not stuff you find on random sites or even stuff send my known people via email or IMs.

Configuring your browser correctly and understanding how things work might also help a great deal. eg: a properly configured browser shows you a "execute this file Y/N?" confirmation dialog prior to executing a so called "image". This should alarm you that something isn't right. If the file was truely an image, the image would simply show in your browser, without a "file will be executed" dialog.

This post was edited on 07-03-2010 at 05:47 AM by CookieRevised.
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Spreading Virus - by lavey92 on 06-29-2010 at 04:29 PM
RE: Spreading Virus - by djdannyp on 06-29-2010 at 06:03 PM
RE: Spreading Virus - by lavey92 on 06-29-2010 at 06:08 PM
RE: Spreading Virus - by Chris4 on 06-29-2010 at 06:35 PM
RE: Spreading Virus - by Chrissy on 06-29-2010 at 10:38 PM
RE: Spreading Virus - by lavey92 on 06-30-2010 at 03:51 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by Menthix on 06-30-2010 at 09:12 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by lavey92 on 06-30-2010 at 09:18 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by lavey92 on 07-01-2010 at 02:40 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by Chris4 on 07-01-2010 at 03:28 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by lavey92 on 07-01-2010 at 08:14 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by Chris4 on 07-01-2010 at 08:20 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by lavey92 on 07-01-2010 at 08:29 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by Chris4 on 07-01-2010 at 08:34 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by CookieRevised on 07-01-2010 at 08:52 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by lavey92 on 07-01-2010 at 09:15 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by CookieRevised on 07-01-2010 at 09:33 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by lavey92 on 07-01-2010 at 09:51 AM
RE: RE: Spreading Virus - by CookieRevised on 07-01-2010 at 10:04 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by lavey92 on 07-01-2010 at 11:28 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by lavey92 on 07-01-2010 at 11:49 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by Chris4 on 07-01-2010 at 03:48 PM
RE: Spreading Virus - by Spunky on 07-01-2010 at 10:02 PM
RE: Spreading Virus - by CookieRevised on 07-02-2010 at 01:59 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by Gooner Mark on 07-02-2010 at 10:57 PM
RE: Spreading Virus - by CookieRevised on 07-03-2010 at 05:46 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by lavey92 on 07-04-2010 at 10:51 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by Chris4 on 07-04-2010 at 11:45 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by lavey92 on 07-06-2010 at 12:37 PM
RE: Spreading Virus - by Chris4 on 07-06-2010 at 12:57 PM
RE: Spreading Virus - by CookieRevised on 07-07-2010 at 12:14 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by lavey92 on 07-07-2010 at 08:37 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by Chris4 on 07-07-2010 at 09:06 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by kikojawa on 07-13-2010 at 12:44 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by Chrissy on 07-13-2010 at 01:12 AM
RE: Spreading Virus - by lavey92 on 07-13-2010 at 04:46 AM


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