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MSN Messenger SAFE????
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Name: DKTM
Date: August 14, 2002 at 19:29:49 Pacific
Subject: MSN Messenger SAFE????
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Comment: Hi I wanted to know if msn messenger is safe!! I mean, if i let the server run, can people hack into my computer? What are some of the security concerns, and/or advisable settings if I do use it?? Thanks
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Response Number 1
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Name: w
Date: August 14, 2002 at 22:09:13 Pacific
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Reply: if you have a firewall and a good antivirus
program, it should be ok.
W32.Datom.worm is spreading thru msn and
other instant messengers, nav2002 caught it
while it was being recieved, and quarantined
it, then I deleted it.
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Response Number 2
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Name: Lori
Date: August 20, 2002 at 19:38:53 Pacific
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Reply: There is a software that a bunch of ppl are using right now called Kryptonic Ghost that lets them hack into your msn.. they got me tonite.. police are now involved in it
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