A warning to those using MSN

Discussion in 'Bing' started by Ponynugget, Oct 3, 2006.

  1. iceberg

    iceberg Notable Member

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    #21
    Thanks for the info. ;)
     
    iceberg, Oct 7, 2006 IP
  2. hhheng

    hhheng Banned

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    #22
    I got the message many times, and finally found out it was an advertisement. I have no choice and changed my MSN ID.

    MSN should take some measurements on this!
     
    hhheng, Oct 9, 2006 IP
  3. mariush

    mariush Peon

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    #23
    It's a virus that spreads through YM and MSN.

    As you can see from the email conversation pasted below, about one week ago, I've managed to reach the administrator of the DNS nsl-schools.org used and he removed the site from their systems. The site stopped working for a couple of days but now it simply redirects to another domain (mytermex), for which there is no contact information in the whois and even if it was, I have a feeling it is in some weird country that has no laws about this.

    If you spot new sites likes, I guess this is the best way to do some good, contact the DNS admin or hosting company and ask them politely to remove the sites/change the DNS information. It will somewhat slow down the infection and less people are infected.

    I wouldn't recommend you report the ads to Google, there is not much they can do about it. It's the same old flaw they have: not checking and not approving sites where their ads are shown.

    If you click on Ads by Google on that site, you will see that the ads aer from another domain. The person behind this could very well replace the Google Adsense code with a random one collected from the Internet/infected people's browser cache/random site from google's search results and so on.

    As I've said several times in the past, Google should add an option inside Google Adsense, something like Competitive Ad Filter, where we could add the domains where we will allow our Google Adsense Publisher ID to run. Any site using our code would not cause damage to our accounts and we can still use the Publisher Code on any sites we wish. I really don't see why it would be so hard to implement a feature like this.



    ps. ads on mytermex.com are from http://www.rfa.org (click on Advertise with us to see the site domain)
     
    mariush, Oct 9, 2006 IP
  4. Matteh

    Matteh Peon

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    #24
    mariush yeah they need that bad but they prob will not as they would lose money from all the spam site,virues etc.
     
    Matteh, Oct 9, 2006 IP
  5. sipltech

    sipltech Well-Known Member

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    #25
    Few days back I got this in Yahoo IM from a trusted friend of me :( It hijacked my browser and i have to format my computer.

    It also sent several IMS to my yahoo contacts. This is one of the freakest spam I came across. Thanks for posting this to forum.
     
    sipltech, Oct 9, 2006 IP
  6. Duality

    Duality Notable Member

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    #26
    I can fully agree. For me, I like MSN more than Google Talk, but I like Gmail more than Hotmail. That's the only reason I use both.
     
    Duality, Oct 10, 2006 IP
  7. Thomas U

    Thomas U Active Member

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    #27
    I got this on one of my accounts and didnt even realise until one of my friends told me. I had to switch my email account. I learned my lesson, never again will I click a link without asking my friend what it is first!
     
    Thomas U, Oct 11, 2006 IP
  8. Pat Gael

    Pat Gael Banned

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    #28
    I use Miranda (www.miranda-im.org), which supports several protocols at once and I have never received any of those tricky links or other garbage.
     
    Pat Gael, Oct 11, 2006 IP
  9. websys

    websys Active Member

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    #29
    lol ... some part i do agree ;)
     
    websys, Oct 11, 2006 IP
  10. chewbacca

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    #30
    I think that only means the people on your buddy list(s) haven't received it either. ;)
     
    chewbacca, Oct 13, 2006 IP
  11. lui2603

    lui2603 Peon

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    #31
    Thanks for warning
     
    lui2603, Oct 16, 2006 IP