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Who is it? (MSN)
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:13 am
by Tahrey1043
I've been getting daily requests from "Sexy_Sasy_Cutie" to join my contact list....... obviously with a name like that I'm being a bit wary and hitting the cancel button. It's pretty much a cert that whoever sent it out got the number either from here or from porka........ or is spam.......
before i make a long-overdue visit to the pigsty
is it anyone off here?
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:25 am
by metz
Its not me..i'm not sasy.
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:44 am
by GroovyCarrot
Accept it, if they start spamming you or trying to send you rubbish then block them again.. no harm done in the long run
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:18 pm
by 13twelve
i'd accept it
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:21 pm
by hayesey
it's probably a virus. I wouldn't accept it.
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:40 pm
by carmadaaron
hayesey wrote:it's probably a virus. I wouldn't accept it.
quite a few going about lately, my mate was a victim of this last month
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:17 pm
by polo-vixen
oi it me, and i wanted to add to msn to ask u for somefink
thanx, nice to know im a virus!
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:22 pm
by wul3er
Polo-vixen wrote:oi it me, and i wanted to add to msn to ask u for somefink
thanx, nice to know im a virus!
Add me
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:24 pm
by GroovyCarrot
Different address to the one I've got for you.. doesn't that get confusing?
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 7:40 am
by Tahrey1043
sorry vicks - i'll accept next time it pops up
make it a bit more of an obvious name than "sexy little b***h, a present from the (6) to mankind" (or whatever it was!) next time though!
or drop a PM...
hehe ok thanks
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:19 am
by 13twelve
a virus cant hit your machine by accpeting someone to join your msn contact list...
you would have to accept an exe, vbs or scr file from someone in your contact list, then when you recieve the file, double click to run it.
its like those tosspots who think if "bill" phones your mobile, its a virus and will corrupt it and belive its true simply because they read in the email some toss they never heard claims it happened to their brother/mum/ferret.
grr.
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:54 am
by hayesey
13twelve wrote:a virus cant hit your machine by accpeting someone to join your msn contact list...
you would have to accept an exe, vbs or scr file from someone in your contact list, then when you recieve the file, double click to run it.
its like those tosspots who think if "bill" phones your mobile, its a virus and will corrupt it and belive its true simply because they read in the email some toss they never heard claims it happened to their brother/mum/ferret.
grr.
unfortunately, there are plenty of bugs & loopholes in MSN Messenger that can allow code to be executed on your PC without you knowing about it. Yes you have to accept a file in any that I've seen/read about on proper virus update sites (such as Symantec's website) but this can be something as seemly harmless as a GIF image file.
The mobile phone thing is b*******s though, although what usually happens is that people return the call to see who is was & then get billed stupid amounts. Can all be avoided with a bit of common sense. Firstly I ignore any usernames like "Sexy_Sasy_Cutie". I'm not saying you are a virus
but the people who write these viri use names that because blokes are more likely to accept it.
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:02 pm
by polo-vixen
Nah i have loads of msn addy but thats me new one, as me other one, was full of dick head!
But thats ok ill change me name just for u, so that u know thats me!
x
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:34 pm
by 13twelve
confused now
looked at the profile for polo-vixen, tahrey called her vicks (which I assumed is short for Victoria) but the uk-polos profile links to a site for a Jemma Newton (
www.rl-music.com/jemma/index.html - lol NSFW as i just found out)
eh?
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 4:39 pm
by GroovyCarrot
Polo-Vixen.. Vicks.. note similarity