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Then, I approach Ant on MSN and he is also infected. He also wants to send me the virus but it is in exactly the same wording as Big Red Machine's invitation. Ant informed me that it was automated and there was nothing he could do about it. He tried to delete it but it said "Access Denied".
I have just been informed by Big Red Machine that the username of the person is "Let The Bodies Hit The Floor" and his real name is Tony ( not from SR :D ).
So, under all circumstances, do not accept any pictures that have an .exe extenstion. Infact, only download picture with the extensions .jpg, .bmp, or .gif, unless you are 100% sure that the file is a picture.
Thank you for taking your time to read this. The hunt goes on for this "Tony" character.
> if it says (1) or (1)(1) after it that means the dumc person sending
> ti you accepted the file more than once because you cant have to
> same file names so the comp puts a (1) after the name
Might not have been the person sending it to u, this could of happened way down the line b4 the person trying to send it to u even got the file.
A tip for any1 who has no idea about computer file extensions
Pctures will be in many forms but mostly .jpg, .jpeg, .bmp, .gif
DO NOT accept a picture if it has file extensions like .exe, its likely to be a virus.
Hope ths all helps some1
1) Click Start, select Run. The Run dialog box pops up.
2) Type: msconfig The System Configuration Utility pops up.
3) Click the Startup tab at the top. In the list, find MsgSprd, Messenger, or pic1324, uncheck, press Apply,then press Ok.
4) Restart your computer Or press Ctrl-Alt-Del (Task Manager), select Msg Sprd from the list, then press End Task.
You may freely delete the files or the 'C:Messenger1324' directory.
Also delete the .exe file that you accepted in messenger, this will be in the c:/My documents/Messenger revieved files/ folder.
Hope this helps every1 !