On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 19:24:28 +0100, /Tx2
<noreplies.usenet@googlemail.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 18:59:19 +0100 Far Canal
>from the village of me@privacy.net
>felt we might be interested in the following...
>
>
>> Do you open any old **** that arrives via IM or email?
>
>You'd be surprised how many people do...
>
>Admittedly not a file in my case, but I got caught out when a friend I
>was chatting to on MSN sent me a link - she hadn't of course, her
>machine was infected with 'something' which had done so on her behalf.
>
>Without thinking, i clicked the link which then tried to plant something
>on my machine, but fortunately my NOD32 jumped in and saved the day.
>
>I've now disabled active links in MSN chat windows, but as a normally
>very vigilant user I was more quite shocked as to how easy it is to
>infect a machine when you are momentarily off guard.

Anyone that uses MSN chat DESERVES to get infected with viruses and
spyware......