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MSN fake message "from" friends

Discussion in 'Techno-Magic' started by chevalier, Sep 21, 2008.

  1. chevalier

    chevalier Knight of Everfull Chalice ★ SPS Account Holder Veteran

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    Someone must have come across it. What's the reason? Does it happen on the recipient's system, faking an incoming MSN message, or does it happen on the "sender's" system, sending a message without his knowledge?
     
    chevalier, Sep 21, 2008
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    [​IMG] As far as I am led to understand it, It is sent through the senders machine, via a third party machine.

    The third machine masquerades as the second by information drawn from it and any scripts left behind on it to fire out data to the first and any other that can be contacted. The sender is usually blissfully unaware until they log in to see messages flooding through roughly equating to: "No more :bs: or I will :smash: your :xx: with a :book:, :thanks:"
     
    8people, Sep 21, 2008
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    It's a virus, actually. From the sender's computer without his knowledge. Had a few of those myself, all being along the lines of "Is this really you? " Soo, if you get one like that, d... if your friend knew his computer's infected.
     
    Goli Ironhead, Sep 21, 2008
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    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    Or better yet, make sure you have an AV program that scans your email too. :thumb: :rolling:
     
    Kitrax, Sep 21, 2008
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    Does the e-mail scanner check IM's too?

    Really though, they shouldn't be to much of a problem as they are all pretty generic. One that I've received...

    this looks like you :S http://mymsnimage.my.funpic.de/viewimage.php?=[my email address]

    A lot of the time they end in .info too, so that should help.
     
    ChickenIsGood, Sep 22, 2008
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    There's A LOT of things like this. Basically a few people on my list got a virus like this and posted it in their names a couple of years ago as to warn people off it.

    Lately I get them from people that are OFFLINE. Those are the easiest to detect. There've been a couple of instances where it happens when the person is online. Mostly things like "come check out this hot pic at myspace.pictures" or something simliar.

    Simplest way to avoid a virus through msn is NEVER click a link that someone sends. Obviously if you're talking to the person and they ask you to look at a picture or something BEFORE they send the link you'll be safe.

    I've never actually caught one of these viruses thankfully. Does it screw up cpu performance as well?
     
    Fly2tHeSkY, Sep 22, 2008
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