People on my messenger list keep receving an invitation to go to a link...geocities...beach pictures..I did not send this out and am quite annoyed that this has happened. Please help...how and why is this happening
2006-08-05 05:26:59 · 5 answers · asked by christie 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Probably you are infected with spyware or virus or worm.
Head to http://www.download.com/Security-Spyware/2001-2023_4-0.html?tag=dir
And choose antispyware and antivirus.
And scan in your computer for infection.
2006-08-05 05:43:17 · answer #1 · answered by Tanaeem 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a phishing scheme virus which is sending it self out threw you computer to try and steal your contacts passwords.
1. Notify all your contacts to NOT click that link.
2. An Uninstall then a reinstall of messenger should get rid of the virus
2006-08-05 12:40:43 · answer #2 · answered by jibberjabbar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This used to happen all the time on older versions of messengers.
It's a virus, which if you press ctrl alt del you can disable the program.
Do a search on google for any suspicious looking programs on your taskmanager list and see if any come up as a virus. If so, do a search for it in your FIND under START. Find it and get rid of it. You also may need to uninstall and re-install your messenger.
2006-08-05 12:31:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a virus going around. Some of them, if you click on the link you get your account hacked into.
There isn't anything you can do to stop it from going to all your friends now, just warn them it is coming and to not click on the link.
2006-08-05 12:31:24 · answer #4 · answered by Kelly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's spam or scam.
2006-08-05 12:30:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋