Who is it? (MSN)

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:13 am

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?

metz · Post by **metz** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:25 am

Its not me..i'm not sasy.

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:44 am

Accept it, if they start spamming you or trying to send you rubbish then block them again.. no harm done in the long run

13twelve · Post by **13twelve** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:18 pm

i'd accept it

hayesey · Post by **hayesey** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:21 pm

it's probably a virus. I wouldn't accept it.

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:40 pm

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

polo-vixen · Post by **polo-vixen** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:17 pm

oi it me, and i wanted to add to msn to ask u for somefink

thanx, nice to know im a virus!

wul3er · Post by **wul3er** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:22 pm

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

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:24 pm

Different address to the one I've got for you.. doesn't that get confusing?

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 7:40 am

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

13twelve · Post by **13twelve** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:19 am

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.

hayesey · Post by **hayesey** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:54 am

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.

polo-vixen · Post by **polo-vixen** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:02 pm

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

13twelve · Post by **13twelve** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:34 pm

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?

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 4:39 pm

Polo-Vixen.. Vicks.. note similarity