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Standard User deleted
(deleted) Tue 24-Mar-09 18:47:01
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Probably was one of those phishing sites. tongue
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(deleted) Tue 24-Mar-09 18:53:14
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Yea its been phishing me off tongue
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(knowledge is power) Tue 24-Mar-09 19:10:00
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Download the trial version of sunbelt VIPRE - I would be suprised if that didn't detect it.

Dont enable actrive protection during setup, just run a deep scan when its up and running

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Standard User deleted
(deleted) Tue 24-Mar-09 19:12:08
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i will give that ago too, thanks
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(deleted) Tue 24-Mar-09 23:34:37
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Re: Windows Live Messenger


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I also had this issue. Every time I login to Messenger I get a few friend requests from spammers. I set it to block these people. Is there anyway you can remove these from your "Block List" i.e. like it was before they added me? I don't understand why Messenger doesn't just have a "Delete Contact" option where thats all it does deletes the contact and assumes you have never known this person. Instead of blocking and deleting etc. Thus they cannot chat to you and you cannot chat to them.

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(deleted) Wed 25-Mar-09 03:29:22
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All it found was a couple of tracking cookies.
Standard User Pipexer
(knowledge is power) Wed 25-Mar-09 10:46:32
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In reply to a post by dusty:
All it found was a couple of tracking cookies.

Hmm wired, if you go into your Documents and Settings folder, and Application Data (if i remember correctly), is there a small .exe file in there? That is normally the virus that causes it.

You can often spot the .exe in task manager, though if you don't know what to look for it might be difficult.

Could you post (or PM me) the output of a hijackthis log and I will try my best to spot whats doing it. smile

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(deleted) Wed 25-Mar-09 15:58:35
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I think that a bot hacked my msn account, now that i have changed passwords it seems to be ok.
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(deleted) Wed 25-Mar-09 20:42:11
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If that is the case, you might want to go around changing passwords on any online accounts else that you use hotmail for. If you're sensible that would of been zero, but I know some ppl use hotmail for banking and ebay etc.
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