So this is odd and new to me. My sister uses MSN Messenger to talk to her friends. About a month ago she received a message from a friend similar to one the below. She clicked on the link in the message... This "virus"/ "spam" sends out a message to all her contacts whenever she signs on to messenger and then does not send out any more messages. " [19:49] Meebo Message: Our greatest treasure is found from within buried deep in our soul is online [19:49] Our greatest treasure is found from within buried deep in our soul: http://www.shorty-link.com/ [19:49] Meebo Message: Our greatest treasure is found from within buried deep in our soul is offline [19:50] Meebo Message: *Friendship is never lost, only broken down* is online " We removed MSN messenger and ran an AVG virus scan in safe mode- finding no viruses. We then reinstalled messenger and it seemed to be gone for a day or so- then reappeared. Now the obvious (easy) solution would be to get a new e-mail address and may be the only option since this virus seems to be connecting remotely through her e-mail rather than locally on the machine. It also seems to 'fast' when reviewing the timestamps. I would prefer to use this option as a last resort. The other easy option would be to run a spy ware test. Let me know what you think is best. Thanks. ASUS M2N-SLI 2 gb RAM ATI, AMD 5200 Thermaltak SVKing Case XFX 7600 GT 550W Antec TruPower

That's quite strange.

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Sof... Just found this link... with similar issue but no solution. ASUS M2N-SLI 2 gb RAM ATI, AMD 5200 Thermaltak SVKing Case XFX 7600 GT 550W Antec TruPower

Meebo is a online web based messenger service. I actually exclusively use it. Try goign to Meebo.com and log in there and see if this still happens. If it doesn't then it is associated with the downloaded msn messenger and is not being removed when you uninstall and reinstall it. If it still does it when using meebo then it may have been associated with your msn account somehow. This may tell you where the problem lies. I have heard of similar things hapening with yahoo messenger. Good luck

Thanks. I use it myself. I will forward the solution to the user. ASUS M2N-SLI 2 gb RAM ATI, AMD 5200 Thermaltak SVKing Case XFX 7600 GT 550W Antec TruPower