WARNING TO MSN USERS!!

**Slipstream** · 8th March 2005, 08:27

There is a nasty virus that has jumped onto the MSN instant message part.

I don't know much more except that you should ignore anything that doesn't start with http:// (etc)

It's not known if it has jumped onto the yahoo message server yet.

**MSTRS:Me** · 8th March 2005, 08:49

Yea - my young'un got it last night on his comp. Nasty little f**cker (the virus). That computer uses NOD32 av & is having trouble. Seems the virus protects itself by jumping into the 'You have files waiting to be written to CD' thingy to avoid being deleted.

**Sniper** · 8th March 2005, 09:16

Havent got it but signing out of messenger now

**SPORK** · 8th March 2005, 09:17

Using messenger now, not quite sure what you are meaning by that origional message though?

**jrandom** · 8th March 2005, 09:22

Guys, guys, calm the feck down.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02...r_bropia_worm/

There.

You will not be infected by anything unless you OPEN FILES PEOPLE SEND YOU.

OK? It's not the Messenger program itself that's been compromised, it's just being used as a delivery system for the good old "here, run this - teehee" style of virus.

So just maintain a policy of not accepting file transfers. Chatting is fine.

Now, someone get online and talk to me. I'm bored.

**MSTRS:Me** · 8th March 2005, 10:08

I don't think it's that one. Seems to transfer without 'assistance'

**jrandom** · 8th March 2005, 10:12

Originally Posted by MSTRS

I don't think it's that one. Seems to transfer without 'assistance'

Oh, OK.

Has anyone got a link about it?

**MSTRS:Me** · 8th March 2005, 11:11

Update - I did several runs of NOD, coupled with a run of Spybot & deleting "files waiting....." (folder showed empty, but there were files in it), then shutdown. Then I rebooted, ran Nod again. All gone. Yay!! The original infestation included about 8 different file names which I failed to take a note of, but one of them referred to a frog.

**babyB** · 8th March 2005, 13:32

ok i got this last night lmao (thanks aff) i had 5 chats open, 1 sent me the following.......http: / / home.earthlink.net/~gallery10/omg.pip "lol!see it! u'll like it"...............arr i opened it & it jumped to every open chat window, my pc did crazy things (msn mostly) then froze. the chatters all did the same thinking i sent it to them & clicked it with the same results & so on & so on. non of us has had a prop with pc after reboot & scan.

it only took 1 to click it to spred it . but dont know anymore about it than that im afraid.
& its a different one to wot Jarandom speaks of

ive never seen network marketing acheave such a fast sucess rate before

**Indiana_Jones** · 8th March 2005, 14:02

Originally Posted by jrandom

Now, someone get online and talk to me. I'm bored.

I'll talk to you and be your friend......bullshit.....you can talk to me

-Indy

**aff-man** · 8th March 2005, 16:18

Originally Posted by babyB

ok i got this last night lmao (thanks aff) i had 5 chats open, 1 sent me the following.......http: / / home.earthlink.net/~gallery10/omg.pip "lol!see it! u'll like it"...............arr i opened it & it jumped to every open chat window, my pc did crazy things (msn mostly) then froze. the chatters all did the same thinking i sent it to them & clicked it with the same results & so on & so on. non of us has had a prop with pc after reboot & scan.

it only took 1 to click it to spred it . but dont know anymore about it than that im afraid.
& its a different one to wot Jarandom speaks of

ive never seen network marketing acheave such a fast sucess rate before

Sory Babyb a mate of mine sent it to me. Well he probably opened it and then when i opened it it kinda spammed everyone on my msn list ...... and so the cycle continues. Not to worry it's a stupid auto install worm that all you gotta do is either use your rich mans antivirus ... or do it my way and go deleting all the traces of auto install programs manually grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Sorry again. I will be talking to me mate and see where he got it.