MSN Virus Fix

Nessa February 5th, 2008

 This virus is received by clicking on a link from one of your MSN Buddies! The message will be similar to

“Is this a picture of you? :) ” Followed by a link that looks like “http://www.msnimages.net/images/viewimage.php?=youremail@hotmail.com”

You are now infected with a nasty virus and have just sent it to everyone of your friends! :(

Steps To Remove:

1. Uninstall all things MSN from your system.

2. Go to: Start>Run

3. Type msconfig

4. Go to: Start up tab.

5. Un-click MSNMSGR

6. Click apply.

7. (System will request a reboot) Please Reboot.

8. Run MSNCleaner Version 1.5.5 ( you can find a link to it: http://tech.firdooze.com/2008/01/23/how-to-remove-msn-virus-from-your-computer/)

9. Run MSNCleaner by clicking on the Analyze button.

10. It will find a file called: usreg.dat.

11. Delete that file by clicking on the delete button.

12. Do a deep clean with your virus scanner of choice. (I know that Mcafee has a signature for this virus already.)

Test that your virus and been destroyed:

The virus does not allow the user to hit the following sites”

http://www.mcafee.com

http://www.norton.com

http://www.symantec.com

If you can hit these site you are home free! Else you will see a directory service listing error.

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