- Thread starter AZB
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someone hacked my msn messenger
AZB said:
Normally i don't respond to those problems, i have my opinion about MS and security.
Messenger has an option that enables a helpdesk (or others) to access your system, probably this is what is happening to you.
You can change what you want, but someone is probably reading over your shoulder.
To be a little bit more secure:
DELETE Messenger completely, i know windows will (try to) reinstall it.
If you can get rid of outlook, msn, ie, disable sharing and you push your security up with at least 50-80%
Install one of the JABBER clients or clones.
Most of them will also get rid of the advertisements and other (unwanted) dancing rabbits.
Make a new messenger account, but DON'T install that info in messeger itself.
Than:
Do a virusscan with AVG (http://free.grisoft.com) and ADAWARE (lavasoft) and DELETE all other so called "free" and "better" programs that promote to do the same , but installs a lot of times a small backdoor in ie/outlook/messenger, to "see" what you are doing.
Point is, if those companies are able to track what you are doing, it is simple for a "hacker/scriptkiddy" to use this ?option? as well to access your system.
Install Opera -- FireFox -- Mozilla as browser
Tecnically:
All those nice fully automated programs that do complete installations for you have 1 very big problem
They are able to access your pc, and gather information (without the use of ANY username/password), this information is used to prepare the automatic installation on your pc.
This explains that you don't need to be a "guru" to access someones windos pc, just find the right trigger, and , voila : access!
no questions asked about username and password - so , in windos style - administrator level !
For shure i will get again a lot of (negative) reactions from the windows lovers, and that is one of the reasons that i normally not respond to those problems.
A.
last minute example:
"Microsoft has admitted that Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) will phone Redmond every day - something it neglected to tell users before they installed it."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/08/ms_wga_phones_home/
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I don't think so.DunHill said:
I do believe that most people know that we use PC's, because that is what is most common, and we're all miffed about the security & vulnerability of Windows.
Although I didn't understand everything you said, I for one appreciate you taking the time to respond and help.
I am not a windows lover (I didn't give up using Netscape until it just stopped working on my PC). Anyway, I'm forced to use Windows for most of my apps. However, I would like to get rid of the various IM's (AIM, MSN, Yahoo) and use one if possible.DunHill said:
Rocky mentioned Trillian. Do you have any experience with it? Are there other apps out there that will do the trick?
Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messenger, it's open-source, no bells, no whistles, it gets the job done...
I tried both Gaim and Trillian, but I sticked to Gaim, as being more mature, straight-forward IM...
Download Gaim here :
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/downloads.php
More info on Gaim here :
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/about.php
I use it with Linux (of course...), but also in Windows, since I sometimes have to re-boot in Windows...
Gaim does for me MSN, Yahoo, and Googletalk...
I tried both Gaim and Trillian, but I sticked to Gaim, as being more mature, straight-forward IM...
Download Gaim here :
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/downloads.php
More info on Gaim here :
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/about.php
I use it with Linux (of course...), but also in Windows, since I sometimes have to re-boot in Windows...
Gaim does for me MSN, Yahoo, and Googletalk...
http://www.miranda-im.org/
is another open source multi-chat app that supports msn. More complex then Gaim so not really recommended for those who just want it to work after 3 mouseclicks. Very customizable tho.
is another open source multi-chat app that supports msn. More complex then Gaim so not really recommended for those who just want it to work after 3 mouseclicks. Very customizable tho.