MSN Messenger...

[Bashy]

Is anyone elses messenger playing up, saying service is temporarily unavailable???

Mine bloody is :(

[tango232]

mine is ok it is just your dodgy conection (lol1)

[Bashy]

I prob is m8, strange cause i have 2 versions on msn and neither will connect..Skype and paltalk are fine :(

[The-Dogs-Nutts]

yeah mine was a bit dodgy this morning, but seams fine now

but this has been doing the round's, hope it help's..............


The Santa Claus worm doesn't care whether you've been naughty or nice, but it's making a list of PCs to infect this holiday season, according to a threat alert released by security firm IMlogic today.

A new instant-messaging worm called IM.GiftCom.All is making the rounds this holiday season. Rated as a "medium" threat by IMlogic, the worm attempts to get users of the instant-messaging networks run by America Online, Yahoo, and Microsoft to visit a seemingly festive Web site featuring Santa Claus.

The message comes from someone already present on a user's "buddy list," said Art Gilliland, vice president of products for IMlogic. It contains a supposed link to a URL (uniform resource locator) starting with "santaclause.aol.com/a?|"

However, clicking on that link takes users to a different Web site and triggers the download of a malicious file to a user's PC, Gilliland said. That file is created using rootkit techniques, making it extremely difficult to detect with conventional antivirus or operating system tools, he said. Once resident on a system, the file tries to shut down antivirus software and collects personal information that can be redistributed over the Internet.

IMlogic has not recorded an instance where that personal information was actually sent out to the Internet, but the program does log information, Gilliland said.

Don't Click!

Users are advised to avoid clicking on anything sent through an instant-messaging system unless they have verified that the file or picture is legitimate and the sender intended to pass it along, Gilliland said. IMlogic recently identified an instant-messaging bot that produces canned assurances that a file is legitimate when the recipient replies to check its authenticity, so it's important to take extra care to verify the sender's intentions, he said.
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[Bashy]

Cheers for the heads up dogs...

I have erm sorted the erm wee issued i had:o

I use Adobe CS2 and to be able to yse it i have to set my date
to 2003 and erm....I forgot to change it back after i'd finished....

Low and behold messenger dont work if the date is way out...
Damn, i feel a right plank...(bh) (eg)

[The-Dogs-Nutts]

lol........

no prob's Bashy will all do it, some time or other, these things are sent to test us...........

[Bashy]

I m8 ya not kidding, it's usually nowt serious and staring you in the face...:o
But as always, i panic 1st then think later lol

[tango232]

yeh i do remember you asking for a program once and i downloaded it only to find it was a virus ;)

[Bashy]

he he he(bly)

[davy2xl]

hi my msn has gone **** up 2 7.5 will not sign in but the 1 that comes with xp any help pllllllllllllllllllllzzzzzzzzzzzz (*)

[Bashy]

The main problem i usually have is check your computer clock m8, make sure its the correct date, Failing that My MSN 8 wont sign in atm due to it wanting to update atm, i shouldhave installed that bloody MS virus proggy thingy lol..... Also your firewall maybe stopping it!!

[davy2xl]

hi tryed the firewall and my dates ok got my head done in need some help or it'll go out the window lol

[Bashy]

Ok, You should have 2 messengers in your start menu, you should have the old version in there as well, i have :) try that one see if that connects?

[davy2xl]

yeah the 1 that comes with xp its ok tryed downloadin 8 but its same

[Bashy]

So the standard XP messenger is ok, if thats the case then there must be something wrong with the server that runs 7.5 and Beta 8 atm :(

[davy2xl]

thanks m8 i'll let you no how it go that if its not out the window

[Bashy]

Wait till i bring me wheel barrow before you open that window (*)

[bmw222000]

davy are you sorted?

[davy2xl]

na not yet m8 its still **** up:confused:

[bmw222000]

Mmmm is it not your firewall blocking it? try rebooting your pc see if that sorts it

[davy2xl]

done that still the same dont no whats up

[davy2xl]

still no go on the msn front can any 1 els help:confused:

[Bashy]

The only thing i can think of m8 is to uninstall the version 7 and reinstall it!!

My beat 8 dont work no more, had to remove it, there was an update and ya have to do it and then it says ya not part of the beta team:o DOH!

[davy2xl]

tryed that m8 still nowt :confused:

[davy2xl]

hi just 2 let you's no that i've got my msn back on had 2 format my comp but back now :D

[Bashy]

hi just 2 let you's no that i've got my msn back on had 2 format my comp but back now :D
Nice 1 m8, shame ya had to use drastic measures such as a format :(