Windows Live Messenger Virus

TommyTenToes · 17 May 2009 at 17:21

Ok, so my girlfriend has decided to click a dodgy link and now keeps getting signed out of MSN and sending the same dodgy links out to everyone on her contact list!

The links are (and I'll warn again DO NOT CLICK!):

Don't post links that people shouldn't click...

I've tried Google obviously but don't have much time to do any in-depth research today, so if the people of OcUK could give me a hand I would be very grateful! I'm going up to hers later so can't really give you guys any other information such as Processes lists etc but if you need them I'll be able to grab them later!

Thanks

Pho · 17 May 2009 at 17:26

Scan/fix with Malwarebytes and then post a log from Hijackthis.

Tute · 17 May 2009 at 17:28

If this works the way I think it does, get her to change her MSN password.

TommyTenToes · 17 May 2009 at 17:39

Apologies for the links, they were just the only thing I really had to identify the virus. I suppose a description would have been more appropriate though!

Thanks for the advice so far, I'll let you know how it goes.

Dazzy_G · 17 May 2009 at 17:41

Usually its because they enter their passwords on the site, changing the password often solves the problem.

Kennysevenfold · 17 May 2009 at 19:31

I had this once, run a virus/spyware scan, and i was able to disable it from startup in msconfig

Tute · 17 May 2009 at 21:37

Dazzy_G said:
Usually its because they enter their passwords on the site, changing the password often solves the problem.

A friend of mine has this virus. He doesn't come online often, but recently he has been signing on, sending me a link to this site, and then signing off immediately.

Seems like the site is signing on remotely, spamming his contacts, and then signing off.

So changing the password should stop it, no?

dovey · 17 May 2009 at 22:30

From the sounds of it the 3rd party is using the username and password to sign on and spam the link so changing the password should fix it. Seems loads of people give them out to dodgy block checker sites which nab the passwords.

underworld00 · 17 May 2009 at 23:03

this happened to me recently, only found out cos someone told me they kept getting dodgy messages from me constantly. Changed my password and that fixed it....

underworld00 · 17 May 2009 at 23:04

although so many of my msn contacts have the problem now its getting really annoying!

TommyTenToes · 18 May 2009 at 16:15

underworld00 said:
although so many of my msn contacts have the problem now its getting really annoying!

Yeah I've been getting them from so many people, I thought most people had wisened up to this kind of stuff! Oh well.

Changing the password seems to have solved the problem as far as this one is concerned anyway, thank you.