Well, it's just MSN being...crap. It's probably just an error. And that's all it will ever do.
But then again, it's also possible yours, or your friends accounts have been hacked. I really couldn't tell you what the real problem is.
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MSN Virus?
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Well, it's just MSN being...crap. It's probably just an error. And that's all it will ever do.
But then again, it's also possible yours, or your friends accounts have been hacked. I really couldn't tell you what the real problem is.
rachelest, Ive had that before when I was running MSN on either Windows or OS X (I now use Adium on my Mac). Generally it was because either the computer was still trying to boot everything up when I signed in or because I was doing other stuff at the same time. MSN tends to be a bit of a memory hog when it first signs in, sometimes it likes just freezing up temporarily, and when it starts responding again it displays, as you've said, every single person that signed in during that unresponsive time. Just lousy programming on Microsoft's part, IMO.
Bots that enter into accounts and send stuff.. thats it haha. cuz the other day I was on MSN and wah.. suddenly I got disconnected because "I signed in into another location".. woooooa.. haha I checked all the computers of the house , I couldn't connect for a couple of minutes and when I finally got in.. people told me that they received spam from me haha.. so I changed my password to a secure one and ... wala.. 
problem gone.. now, that's how I solved in Mac .. xD
problem gone.. now, that's how I solved in Mac .. xD
I would suspect those websites that offer to get you onto MSN via their web-based interface. You have to enter your username and password, and who knows what they're doing with it after that? A lot of kids fall prey to this because their schools disable the regular MSN messenger, so they find a web gateway.
a bit of spyware.. an annoying little program intended to, well, annoy.. way of spreading SPAM... its not doing malicious damage.. its not a virus!!
from wiki "The term "virus" is also commonly but erroneously used to refer to other types of malware, adware, and spyware programs that do not have the reproductive ability."
from wiki "The term "virus" is also commonly but erroneously used to refer to other types of malware, adware, and spyware programs that do not have the reproductive ability."