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OK guys here is a little heads up ^^

Seems like a couple of people that were once in this comunity (and just happen to be on my MSN list) got a bad case of a work using MSN links XD

Basically watch out for anyone that spams you with links to pictures on a site that is kinda similar to photobucket only thisone has buckets ^^

Ofcourse after you click the link you allso have to be stupid enough to log in with your MSN account and password but still. Quite a lot of people seem to be doing that anyhow >.<

So watch out for those links ^^
 
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this is why i am not on messinger xD
 
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Well id atleast think people were smart enough not to log into weird sites using their WL accounts. But i was wrong :s


And there goes number 4 ^^

about 300 left on my list so im keeping count XD
 
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Getting people randomly messaging me on MSN sharing links. I usually ignore this right away unless its from a person I know, and of course if the link is not strange enough.
 
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The link is allmost identical to a photobucket image ^^

IF you dont notice the S in the name youd think its photobucket ^^

In any case number 5 just lit up XD

I dont really know if its funny to see those things or sad to see so many people fall for it :s
 

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I hate MSN. I get constantly messaged by bots on that **** whenever I sign on.
 
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I hate MSN. I get constantly messaged by bots on that **** whenever I sign on.
I believe you have the option to ignore messages unless the person is in your contact list.
 
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That you do sky that you do ^^

And its on by default ^^
 

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I use Pidgin. As far as I know, there's no way to do that without also disabling it for AIM which I don't want to do. =/
 
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It's weird though. One night my mother received one of those spam messages from my account. I've never clicked a link from one of those. I've never entered my email and password on third party pages. I've never downloaded jack from those people.

Hell, I regularly scan with Avira and hijack this.

I have no clue how that message came from my account.
 
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It's weird though. One night my mother received one of those spam messages from my account. I've never clicked a link from one of those. I've never entered my email and password on third party pages. I've never downloaded jack from those people.

Hell, I regularly scan with Avira and hijack this.

I have no clue how that message came from my account.
One day when I logged onto msn it told me that someone has logged on it from another location. But I am the only one that knows the password, so the way I see it is that they have a way to allow bots to get into your accounts.
 
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Well if you have a program thats persistent enough it can get into your password no mater what it is ^^

It doesnt really need words. Letters are enough. Especially since WL accounts arnt case sensetive ^^
 
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I do notice that as of lately, MSN is not that secure anymore. Bots came from all kinds of places, and I don't see microsoft doing much about it rather than upgrading their software with new fancy feature that tons of people don't understand.
 
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Until now there was only one time that I got a doubt about a link. Once I received this link from [email protected] , above the link it said that I had to change my password to continue using messenger, I really thought it was from microsof...i mean cmon..."[email protected]" and the link was microsoft also, but anyways I didnt change my password and I still use it like allways.
 
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Until now there was only one time that I got a doubt about a link. Once I received this link from [email protected] , above the link it said that I had to change my password to continue using messenger, I really thought it was from microsof...i mean cmon..."[email protected]" and the link was microsoft also, but anyways I didnt change my password and I still use it like allways.
Did the email had "This email is not verified"?
 
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Did the email had "This email is not verified"?
It wasnt an email, it was an instant message that came from msn it self. That message had the link... I still think today that I could've entered on it with no problems...but I never trust freeware to much.
 
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Well if you have a program thats persistent enough it can get into your password no mater what it is ^^

It doesnt really need words. Letters are enough. Especially since WL accounts arnt case sensetive ^^
Maybe, but I doubt it. My password is in no dictionary and contains numbers as well. And no it's not in leet :p Ah well. I'm gonna change my password and see what happens anyway.
 
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It wasnt an email, it was an instant message that came from msn it self. That message had the link... I still think today that I could've entered on it with no problems...but I never trust freeware to much.
It was an instant message, yes.. Every MSN instant message comes from an email, right? You saw "[email protected]",

Was it saying:
"[email protected] "This email is not verified" in the message box when you talked to him.
 

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