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The msn ugly picture viruses and others

Deborahsc2203 by Deborahsc2203 Talking Back(June 2007) (rank 351st)

I just want to say first im not a computer expert ,but what i can say this is what i did when my msn had got a viruses a few months ago ..

my son accepted a picture off msn not knowing it was a viruses and messed up

my msn ,,

i couldnt find out how to get rid of the virus on my msn

one .....you can just delete the whole msn and then ree download it again

two....... if that dosent work, you also can do this

go to start ,its on the bottom left hand corner of your screen click onto it

click all programs

scroll up to accessories click onto that

go down to system tools

then down to System restore

a pop up will then come onto your screen

on the right side of this pop up from system restore clickonto RESTORE MY COMPUTER TO AN EARLIER TIME then hit next

then it will go to the next page with a calender ,,

if you know when you got the virus click onto an earlier time like a  day or week ago ,,

then just follow the very simple instructions and ree boot your computer

I hope this helps people as it has helped me when i had no other idea on what to do ,,

it wont delete your pictures etc,, just anything that you have added that day or eg in the past week  depending also how far back you want to set and restore your computer ,.

like if you have just downloded imesh etc,,,

there may be better people with lot more experience on minti that have deleted the viruses ,, and i welcome you to add what you have also done to help others

this has been very very useful for me ,,

never click onto anything on msn as there are lots of viruses and new ones always going arround ,,

if you see anything that says click onto this always ask the person who you are talking to at the time what is this they have put a link up for yourself to click onto

some people are not aware that they have a viruses and innocently infect others , that inturn it  goes to everyone on their msn friends list and send out the same viruses and so on,,

 

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lexiw
5.00 (Excellent) | August 2007 | lexiw
Re: The msn ugly picture viruses and others

I have done this and it worked well

 Lexi xxx



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emmysmum
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | emmysmum
Re: The msn ugly picture viruses and others
hmmm well i got the invite spammed to me by someone who was infected but i didn't open the picture!
What i did was i got rid of the photo26 part and just went to the uglyhuman website! The website is actually an indian page, with contact details and sales info! No pictures or anything!
You just need to remember one thing! DON"T OPEN LINKS THROUGH MSN! TYPE THE LINK IN TO YOUR BROWSER YOURSELF!
Also, if you have firefox, you can download a toolbar called calling-id! it will tell you if the website is a risk to your computer or not!
Please visit www.calling-id.com and install the file! Its great!
Great article by the way!


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blackwidowkate
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | blackwidowkate
Re: The msn ugly picture viruses and others
Hi
Linux rules heheehehhe
Luv Deb


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Shellshell
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | Shellshell
Re: The msn ugly picture viruses and others

Hi

Thanks for the advice, very helpful!  Cheers

Shelley



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wolonfab
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | wolonfab
Re: The msn ugly picture viruses and others
Hmmm thanks for the heads up.... well written

knowing my luck i am likely to get this or have the kids give it to my pc as a present.....


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Gypsie
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | Gypsie
Re: The msn ugly picture viruses and others

Thanks for the heads up Deb

I'm still recovering from my own virus...don't want my pc getting one too....rofl



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cookclan
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | cookclan
Re: The msn ugly picture viruses and others
Thanks for this hunni...I didn't get it luckily....
Mwah
Angie


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Deborahsc2203
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | Deborahsc2203
Re: The msn ugly picture viruses and others
another thing,, cazza put up a warning on her msn to warn others about the viruses even know she didnt get it ,, she wrote not to click onto the UGLY PEOPLE VIRUS .. thats also a great way to warn your friends online


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cazza
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | cazza
Re: The msn ugly picture viruses and others
yes we all went in a panic and i hope now that all is well with everyones computer..

Mine is fine thank god and was bombarded with questions tonight on what happened, and what i said it happens on sites like that, as its bound to pick up viruses and its no one s fault..

Was told today that if you get a warning to dont open, then you dont open it...


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samantha
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | samantha
Re: The msn ugly picture viruses and others

yep i got that dam virus today. Lucky bec came over and did a system restore for me and now its fine (phew!!)

thanks bec



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Kellzacar
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | Kellzacar
Re: The msn ugly picture viruses and others
Hi there,

Thanks for the reminder . . . Grrrr . . . .

some mean person sent me a ugly picture message that had a trojan virus and now my computer is being weird . .  

Now i'm off to fix it once and for all I HOPE . . .SYSTEM RESTORE HERE I COME

Cheers Kellz


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Ngairi
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | Ngairi
Re: The msn ugly picture viruses and others
As soon as I saw this come through today, I closed the window without clicking. My son got infected with the same thing months ago through his. You can also get rid of it using trojan remover. Nasty blighters these viruses. Leisa


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TwoLittleAngels
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | TwoLittleAngels
Re: The msn ugly picture viruses and others
Got one today from a dear friend on minti who was offline at the time saying "Isn't this you?" then a link to some ugly person page... I will be letting her know asap that shes spreading a virus.

Let it be known though that most viruses will infect your HDD and Windows and a system restore will do nothing to help it.

Other than that good advice Debbie :)


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      Kellzacar
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | Kellzacar
Re: The msn ugly picture viruses and others
Hmmmm - I got infected by the same damned message . . . . GRrrrrrrr

Tried to stop it but just wasnt fast enough


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      Jessgore
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | Jessgore
Re: The msn ugly picture viruses and others
Yep got it all.. Did not figure it was a virus until after though.  I did not open it as it asked me to either save or something else.. And I don't save things unless I know what it is...


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mumof2b
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | mumof2b
Re: The msn ugly picture viruses and others

Excellent Advice Deb!!  What gave it away for me today, was that the person I was getting it off wasn't even on-line......my computer wouldn't even open it up anyway.....a warning came up that it was not safe!!

Amanda xx



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hermy
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | hermy
Re: The msn ugly picture viruses and others
great advice deb.....i was lucky enough that my 17 yr old was actually watching me chat....when he saw the picture add, he warned me to be careful and always make sure the other person is sending this cause there's a lot of viruses being sent through smn......thanks for writting this, it will help those  who have been infected......regards Sandra xxx


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nell18-3
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | nell18-3
Re: The msn ugly picture viruses and others
Thanks Debbie
Always good to know information like this
xxx


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crystalmoon
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | crystalmoon
Re: The msn ugly picture viruses and others
OHHHH I am sick of my MSN gremlins,I haven't accepted any pics and have downloaded till I caint download no more PMSL funny thing is it is only with certain addy's I have trouble????? Great advice Hugs Crystal


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