Bad web links in my alerts window

[tigerman]

I'm getting bad web links in my alerts tab. Even the little popup from the
system tray has bad links. Is the problem on my side or a problem with
Messenger. I just upgrade to v5.1 of Windows Messenger, but it did not help.
Any ideas?

Here is a sample of one of the links:
<http://g.msn.com/3ALMSNTRACKING/30552HistoryTab?http://www.msnbc.com/m/c/ct_alert.asp?lnk=http%3a%2f%2fmsnbc.msn.com%2fid%2 f7326141%2f&message_id=39604909&notification_id=39604909>.

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Regards, tigerman

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings tigerman,

That's exactly what they should be and the link works fine. What exactly is the problem with
it?
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"tigerman" > wrote in message
...
> I'm getting bad web links in my alerts tab. Even the little popup from the
> system tray has bad links. Is the problem on my side or a problem with
> Messenger. I just upgrade to v5.1 of Windows Messenger, but it did not help.
> Any ideas?
>
> Here is a sample of one of the links:
> <http://g.msn.com/3ALMSNTRACKING/30552HistoryTab?http://www.msnbc.com/m/c/ct_alert.asp?lnk=http%3a%2f%2fmsnbc.msn.com%2fid%2 f7326141%2f&message_id=39604909&notification_id=39604909>.
>
> --
> Regards, tigerman

[tigerman]

All the alert links (like the sample I gave), give me a "Not Found" error.
I've tried copying the URL directly into the IE address field and I get the
same error. Does the link work in your browswer?

Thanks, Jay.

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings tigerman,
>
> That's exactly what they should be and the link works fine. What exactly is the problem with
> it?
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>
> "tigerman" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I'm getting bad web links in my alerts tab. Even the little popup from the
> > system tray has bad links. Is the problem on my side or a problem with
> > Messenger. I just upgrade to v5.1 of Windows Messenger, but it did not help.
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Here is a sample of one of the links:
> > <http://g.msn.com/3ALMSNTRACKING/30552HistoryTab?http://www.msnbc.com/m/c/ct_alert.asp?lnk=http%3a%2f%2fmsnbc.msn.com%2fid%2 f7326141%2f&message_id=39604909¬ification_id=39604909>.
> >
> > --
> > Regards, tigerman
>
>
>

[tigerman]

Thanks for your help, it seems to be a problem with my browser. I tried the
link on a different computer and it worked. Now I have to solve my browser
issue. Could be a spyware redirect perhaps.

Thanks anyway, Jay.

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings tigerman,
>
> That's exactly what they should be and the link works fine. What exactly is the problem with
> it?
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>
> "tigerman" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I'm getting bad web links in my alerts tab. Even the little popup from the
> > system tray has bad links. Is the problem on my side or a problem with
> > Messenger. I just upgrade to v5.1 of Windows Messenger, but it did not help.
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Here is a sample of one of the links:
> > <http://g.msn.com/3ALMSNTRACKING/30552HistoryTab?http://www.msnbc.com/m/c/ct_alert.asp?lnk=http%3a%2f%2fmsnbc.msn.com%2fid%2 f7326141%2f&message_id=39604909¬ification_id=39604909>.
> >
> > --
> > Regards, tigerman
>
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi,

Might be, or a proxy (don't know your networking scenario here)...
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"tigerman" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks for your help, it seems to be a problem with my browser. I tried the
> link on a different computer and it worked. Now I have to solve my browser
> issue. Could be a spyware redirect perhaps.
>
> Thanks anyway, Jay.
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings tigerman,
>>
>> That's exactly what they should be and the link works fine. What exactly is the problem
>> with
>> it?
>> ____________________________________________
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>>
>> "tigerman" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > I'm getting bad web links in my alerts tab. Even the little popup from the
>> > system tray has bad links. Is the problem on my side or a problem with
>> > Messenger. I just upgrade to v5.1 of Windows Messenger, but it did not help.
>> > Any ideas?
>> >
>> > Here is a sample of one of the links:
>> > <http://g.msn.com/3ALMSNTRACKING/30552HistoryTab?http://www.msnbc.com/m/c/ct_alert.asp?lnk=http%3a%2f%2fmsnbc.msn.com%2fid%2 f7326141%2f&message_id=39604909¬ification_id=39604909>.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Regards, tigerman
>>
>>
>>