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What to do with spyware attempt
Hi all,
Recently I was sent a message through MSN from a known contact which had a link which I stupidly clicked on, which of course put spyware on my PC. I believe I have succesfully removed this. It does not appear to be a virus because I have scanned my entire PC with AVG and McAffee, both of which found nothing. Fortunately a friend of mine who automatically got the same link from my MSN messenger, was smart enough not to click it, and actually sent me the link on my email. I want to submit this to Microsoft so they can do something with it, and add it to their Windows Defender product or something, but unless I am missing something, they only allow you to submit files which you believe are infected... Now obviously I am not clicking it again and infecting my machine just so I can send the files... Is there anywhere which I can forward the email with the dodgy link in so they can deal with it?! |
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What to do with spyware attempt
UselessUser wrote:
Hi all, Recently I was sent a message through MSN from a known contact which had a link which I stupidly clicked on, which of course put spyware on my PC. I believe I have succesfully removed this. It does not appear to be a virus because I have scanned my entire PC with AVG and McAffee, both of which found nothing. Fortunately a friend of mine who automatically got the same link from my MSN messenger, was smart enough not to click it, and actually sent me the link on my email. I want to submit this to Microsoft so they can do something with it, and add it to their Windows Defender product or something, but unless I am missing something, they only allow you to submit files which you believe are infected... Now obviously I am not clicking it again and infecting my machine just so I can send the files... Is there anywhere which I can forward the email with the dodgy link in so they can deal with it?! Not that I know of, unfortunately. I think it's admirable that you want to try to warn others, but I think the best course of action is really going to be to delete whatever you've got & move on. Remember not to click links from anyone (even if they look like they're from friends) unless you're expecting them - this is also true for e-mail attachments. |
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What to do with spyware attempt
UselessUser wrote:
Hi all, Recently I was sent a message through MSN from a known contact which had a link which I stupidly clicked on, which of course put spyware on my PC. I believe I have succesfully removed this. It does not appear to be a virus because I have scanned my entire PC with AVG and McAffee, both of which found nothing. Fortunately a friend of mine who automatically got the same link from my MSN messenger, was smart enough not to click it, and actually sent me the link on my email. I want to submit this to Microsoft so they can do something with it, and add it to their Windows Defender product or something, but unless I am missing something, they only allow you to submit files which you believe are infected... Now obviously I am not clicking it again and infecting my machine just so I can send the files... Is there anywhere which I can forward the email with the dodgy link in so they can deal with it?! No. Let it go. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic! |
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