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Microsoft disables Live Messenger links | |
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| Time: 08:06 EST/13:06 GMT | News Source: *Linked Within Post* | Posted By: Chris Hedlund | ||
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Microsoft has shut down links to some websites in the 2009 builds of Windows Live Messenger. According to the Vole's blog, disabling the feature was designed to prevent the spread of a malicious worm. The worm requires users to click a link within a message, upon which it will load a webpage that downloads the worm to your PC and then it sends the same message to people in your contact list. | ||
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| #1 By 2960 (72.205.26.164) at 11/15/2010 11:47:34 AM |
| For the love of pete, how about just fixing the drive-by install hole in IE once and for all? |
| #2 By 2201 (82.45.132.196) at 11/16/2010 3:46:21 AM |
| Where does it say IE? It's got nothing to do with IE and everything to do with links that lead to webpages that download viruses (not through any holes, but the normal embedded way). Doh! |
| #3 By 2960 (72.205.26.164) at 11/16/2010 1:06:44 PM |
| C'mon man. Where the hell else do drive-by's come from. Sheesh.... |
| #4 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 11/16/2010 2:16:46 PM |
| You can always tell with MS, it's that easy. If it affects IE only, MS stays silent. If it's a general exploit, MS will helpfully remind everyone that it affects not just IE. |
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