Is Msn messenger live a Virus?

[John Jay Smith]

What is a virus? It is a small program that spreads from one computer to
another
causing harm to it and degrading its performance greatly.

Msn mess live with its invite system, is spreading from person to person
isn't it?
Just do the math: Each user gets 5 invites that he sends to another 5
persons and they get 5 invites each! Its spreading in a logarithmic scale!
The virus will spread globaly in no time!

How about computer degradation? Well it maxes your CPU, eats up your ram,
and your hard drive (VM memory leak). Some people have reported 1.5 GB of VM
used up ONLY for MSN messenger live!

But this is a smart kind of virus.. no need for it to sneak in.
It promises a great and fantastic experience... so you VOLUNTARILY install
it!

Hmmmmmmmmmmm................. ;-)

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

Call Symantec.

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Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
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"John Jay Smith" <-> wrote in message ...
> What is a virus? It is a small program that spreads from one computer to another
> causing harm to it and degrading its performance greatly.
>
> Msn mess live with its invite system, is spreading from person to person isn't it?
> Just do the math: Each user gets 5 invites that he sends to another 5 persons and they get
> 5 invites each! Its spreading in a logarithmic scale! The virus will spread globaly in no
> time!
>
> How about computer degradation? Well it maxes your CPU, eats up your ram,
> and your hard drive (VM memory leak). Some people have reported 1.5 GB of VM used up ONLY
> for MSN messenger live!
>
> But this is a smart kind of virus.. no need for it to sneak in.
> It promises a great and fantastic experience... so you VOLUNTARILY install it!
>
> Hmmmmmmmmmmm................. ;-)
>

[Nigel Reed]

John Jay Smith <-> wrote:
> But this is a smart kind of virus.. no need for it to sneak in.
> It promises a great and fantastic experience... so you VOLUNTARILY install
> it!

Aren't *ALL* Micro$oft products like that anyway? Tell us something new.


Regards
Nigel
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[John Jay Smith]

Symantic??? All Norton products (except the ones they bought from other
software houses, for example partition magic), are WORSE viruses! lol

They dont simply degrade.. they destroy! lol...

Dont believe me? Take a stroll around the windows support newsgroups...



"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings,
>
> Call Symantec.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "John Jay Smith" <-> wrote in message
> ...
>> What is a virus? It is a small program that spreads from one computer to
>> another
>> causing harm to it and degrading its performance greatly.
>>
>> Msn mess live with its invite system, is spreading from person to person
>> isn't it?
>> Just do the math: Each user gets 5 invites that he sends to another 5
>> persons and they get 5 invites each! Its spreading in a logarithmic
>> scale! The virus will spread globaly in no time!
>>
>> How about computer degradation? Well it maxes your CPU, eats up your ram,
>> and your hard drive (VM memory leak). Some people have reported 1.5 GB of
>> VM used up ONLY for MSN messenger live!
>>
>> But this is a smart kind of virus.. no need for it to sneak in.
>> It promises a great and fantastic experience... so you VOLUNTARILY
>> install it!
>>
>> Hmmmmmmmmmmm................. ;-)
>>
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Sigh. I just chose an antivirus company at random, I don't use that crap ;).

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--

"John Jay Smith" <-> wrote in message ...
> Symantic??? All Norton products (except the ones they bought from other software houses,
> for example partition magic), are WORSE viruses! lol
>
> They dont simply degrade.. they destroy! lol...
>
> Dont believe me? Take a stroll around the windows support newsgroups...
>
>
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Call Symantec.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>> --
>>
>> "John Jay Smith" <-> wrote in message ...
>>> What is a virus? It is a small program that spreads from one computer to another
>>> causing harm to it and degrading its performance greatly.
>>>
>>> Msn mess live with its invite system, is spreading from person to person isn't it?
>>> Just do the math: Each user gets 5 invites that he sends to another 5 persons and they
>>> get 5 invites each! Its spreading in a logarithmic scale! The virus will spread globaly
>>> in no time!
>>>
>>> How about computer degradation? Well it maxes your CPU, eats up your ram,
>>> and your hard drive (VM memory leak). Some people have reported 1.5 GB of VM used up ONLY
>>> for MSN messenger live!
>>>
>>> But this is a smart kind of virus.. no need for it to sneak in.
>>> It promises a great and fantastic experience... so you VOLUNTARILY install it!
>>>
>>> Hmmmmmmmmmmm................. ;-)
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

[Scøtt Lovegrove [ScottIsAFool]]

Avast all the way :)

Scøtt
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Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote:
> Sigh. I just chose an antivirus company at random, I don't use that crap ;).
>

[JW]

Dear JJ

When you can intelligently describe the difference between worms,
viruses, Trojans, spyware, bots, spiders, zombies, and other internet
pests, then you will realize that you really didn't know what a computer
virus truly is. So, you really cannot say factually that something is
like a computer virus, when you really don't know what a computer virus
truly is.

That's like saying MSN Messenger is like a Jabberwocky, without truly
knowing what a Jabberwocky is.




John Jay Smith wrote:
> What is a virus? It is a small program that spreads from one computer to
> another
> causing harm to it and degrading its performance greatly.
>
> Msn mess live with its invite system, is spreading from person to person
> isn't it?
> Just do the math: Each user gets 5 invites that he sends to another 5
> persons and they get 5 invites each! Its spreading in a logarithmic scale!
> The virus will spread globaly in no time!
>
> How about computer degradation? Well it maxes your CPU, eats up your ram,
> and your hard drive (VM memory leak). Some people have reported 1.5 GB of VM
> used up ONLY for MSN messenger live!
>
> But this is a smart kind of virus.. no need for it to sneak in.
> It promises a great and fantastic experience... so you VOLUNTARILY install
> it!
>
> Hmmmmmmmmmmm................. ;-)
>
>

[John Jay Smith]

Fool! My knowledge of technology goes far beyond your mediocre
understanding...

the post was only a joke.


"JW" > wrote in message
...
> Dear JJ
>
> When you can intelligently describe the difference between worms, viruses,
> Trojans, spyware, bots, spiders, zombies, and other internet pests, then
> you will realize that you really didn't know what a computer virus truly
> is. So, you really cannot say factually that something is like a computer
> virus, when you really don't know what a computer virus truly is.
>
> That's like saying MSN Messenger is like a Jabberwocky, without truly
> knowing what a Jabberwocky is.
>
>
>
>
> John Jay Smith wrote:
>> What is a virus? It is a small program that spreads from one computer to
>> another
>> causing harm to it and degrading its performance greatly.
>>
>> Msn mess live with its invite system, is spreading from person to person
>> isn't it?
>> Just do the math: Each user gets 5 invites that he sends to another 5
>> persons and they get 5 invites each! Its spreading in a logarithmic
>> scale! The virus will spread globaly in no time!
>>
>> How about computer degradation? Well it maxes your CPU, eats up your ram,
>> and your hard drive (VM memory leak). Some people have reported 1.5 GB of
>> VM used up ONLY for MSN messenger live!
>>
>> But this is a smart kind of virus.. no need for it to sneak in.
>> It promises a great and fantastic experience... so you VOLUNTARILY
>> install it!
>>
>> Hmmmmmmmmmmm................. ;-)