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Msn virus on os X

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hammipoop

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Jan 5, 2009
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Ok so my msn is sending messages to ppl about some new year offers it doesnt seem to be affecting my mac but its irritating other ppl. Help on how to remove this would be greatly appreciated.
 
hammipoop said:
Ok so my msn is sending messages to ppl about some new year offers it doesnt seem to be affecting my mac but its irritating other ppl. Help on how to remove this would be greatly appreciated.
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Do you mean people are receiving random emails from your MSN address?

This isn't a virus. Your email address has been 'hijacked' for want of a better word and is being used to cover up who really sent the spam that is being sent out.

Infact it probably all started on an infected PC where the contents of the address book was 'stolen' to garner email addresses to use.
 
You have typed your email and password on a scam website and they're using it to send spam to people, it happens often, you need to change your msn password immediately and security reset questions.

You can change it here:

www.hotmail.com
 
kastenbrust said:
You have typed your email and password on a scam website and they're using it to send spam to people, it happens often, you need to change your msn password immediately and security reset questions.

You can change it here:

www.hotmail.com
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So Tru, its so sad how everyone thinks its a Virus... and if you tell them that they clicked on some website and got their passport phished, they ALWAYS deny it... its sad REALLY SAD :eek:
 
no just to clarify its not coming from my hotmail email account (which I have no changed the password for anyway) its coming from my msn messenger sending instant messages to someone, its some kind of spyware i guess but with being a new mac user i have no idea how to get rid ofit
 
Changing your password should fix it, which I think you can do here. Basically someone else is logging into your account and sending messages, so it looks like they are from you.
 
Nermal said:
Changing your password should fix it, which I think you can do here. Basically someone else is logging into your account and sending messages, so it looks like they are from you.
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they already did that, its a trojan hijacking theyre msn and sending msn messages to people who are online. please tell me youve heard of it, only clam antivirus can fix it, which i've already linked them to.
 
I installed that app but it wont allow me to do a full scan will only letme select certain files! help please
 
I have that

I have had that for a while now. anyhow i think it is deleting stuff off my macbook. as stuff is going missing. and my macbook is running slow. i am running the software hopefully it will sort it out.

any advice would be great.
 
that doesnt sound good. The virus software wont let me scan whole system deffo want to get this sorted before it does something major to my system
 
Having the same problem here. I'm using amsn as my msn application. I notice that I'm logged out of msn and someone will be receiving the trojan links.

Anyway I've reformatted my HD and it did not work. Tried changing the password. Hope it works.

As for ClamXav, the anti-virus application, it does not allow me to do an entire wide system scan. Will try scanning it portion by portion.
 
There is a possibility that it is not on your Mac that it could be attached to your screen name on the MSN server. you might want to just dump your old screen name and make a new one with a new password. Just a thought.
 
kastenbrust said:
they already did that, its a trojan hijacking theyre msn and sending msn messages to people who are online. please tell me youve heard of it, only clam antivirus can fix it, which i've already linked them to.
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No. It's not a hijacked application and clam AV will do nothing to help. The issue is the user's account has been hijacked and as stated many times in this thread, the OP needs to reset his/her account.
 
It's funny of how you members just think that there is no kind of malware for mac. For instance, the Xover Backdoor (just as an example, as you can see in the review below, the backdoor isn't actually a msn worm).

Try iantivirus: www.iantivirus.com
Review here: (also showing msn backdoor) http://tinyurl.com/842pmb

So, it's either a backdoor or an automated bot. In the second case a password change would fix things.
 
EmperorDarius said:
<snip>It's funny of how you members</snip>
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Funny of? :confused:

...and you're kidding with that virus quote, right? Seriously, Backdoor-Xover, did you read the description of this so-called trojan? You're exactly the audience that anti-virus for Mac marketing groups target. Just too easy.
 
I've been getting these wierd messages for some time, though always from the same people... I have VirusBarrier X5 and it have never found anything on my drive, but is this malware in other peoples computers sending these links or is it in my computer?
 
My friend has this issue too - his account has been taken somehow. It'll send random IM's when he's not online (his status will be offline).

He's on a PC, but I guess it doesn't make much difference if your password has been compromised.
 
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