How to Remove MSN Virus Project 1/ Generic2.EXO / Backdoor.Generic3.SAT

Bryce W says:

Fuzzyshan, Try deleting the file that AVG cant delete while in safemode.

Ben, your problem doesnt sound like this virus. It sounds like your DLL’s became unregistered.

There are two ways you can fix it. Download and run this to fix it automatically or you can read this site here to fix it manually.

Sandy says:

“@[fwpscript]Version:01.03.02.07|Icon:none@[/fwpscript]”

My msn buddy says she gets this message come up everytime we are in msn text mode when I sign out. Can you give me some further information as to what it is? A virus? A worm?Sure hope not!! I am brand new to this pc game. I am running Norton Anti Virus all the time.
TY, Sandy

rick quint says:

While using msn and talking to a brasillian woman, I opened a zip tha read: C:foto_celular.zip
This is a virus that nudges the other persons computer and sends this file to be opened to infect the other computer. How do I get rid of it on my computer ?
Rick…

Administrator says:

Rick Quint, the trojan you have isnt this infection. Your best bet is asking this on our forums here: https://www.technibble.com/forums.

al santos says:

i still had the msn virus,please help me take out,thanks.

Alpar Labud says:

I am using yahoo messenger but my buddy gets this message after I have sent my first message: “@[fwpscript]Version:01.03.02.07|Icon:none@[/fwpscript]. What must I do ?

Peter says:

To be more-precise, I get blue screen (‘Windows protection error. You need to restart your computer’) when I try to boot safe mode. In normal mode it gets as far as the Windows splash screen then reboots.

Tracia says:

hey i seem to have the new msn virus. For a week now as soon as i sign in each time a chat request box pops up with the option of accepting the person- so they can see whenever i am online or not. I press cancel and close this request so many times but then when i open a chat window after 2 minutes of talking the window just closes and then i cant open another one although i click the option to open another one. i would then have to sign out and sign back in every couple of minutes with the request popping up as soon as i sign in each time. Please help this is frustrating A.S.A.P. Thanks a million

Tracia says:

On Internet Explorer i am seeing error404dns.com on Internet Explorer in the search results space

Chi says:

Hey, I’ve got a virus extremely similar to this one, it was also passed on msn, but with a different link concerning “photo8” and “stupidorbeauty”
From investigating I found that two programs, “oo.exe” and “net.exe” start on running msn messenger and spam messages of the same link are sent to random contacts on the messenger.
Extremely annoying virus; anybody have any idea how to remove that?
I tried deleting the two programs several times, and it doesn’t have any extra program installed such as the toolbar888 mentioned above..
:( help please?

cely says:

mi messenger esta infectado con el virus c:/foto_celular.zip.
ayudenme a eliminarlo!!

silvana says:

hola !!!!
porfavor ayundenme a eliminr el virus C:/Foto_celular zip…por favor he hecho casi de todo
AYUDA!!!!!!!!!!!!
GRACIAS!!!!!!!!!!!

josh says:

i have the problem for the photo thing coz i accepted it(stupid) and i want to know how to get rid of it please!!??? i want to no how to get rid of it without having to pay for anything

Mila says:

I couldn’t find any of the files anywhere or the Toolbar888 and everytime I open msn Norton AntiVirus says there’s a virus and whenever I login to msn it starts messing up my computer can anyone please help?!?!

Tina says:

I don’t know if I have the virus or not but most of the time it won’t allow me to log on despite the fact that I have hotmail.com running ok and everything else. Is there anything I can do to fix this problem?

Ikenna says:

I couldn’t find any of the things in your instructions, although my virus had very similar qualities to the one described. observe:

http://www6.xxx.x.imsector.com/m.php?m=ianukem@msn.com those ur pics? (link edited)
can you help

Administrator says:

Ikenna, can you please send me the full URL of the virus that you go though our contact form: https://www.technibble.com/contact-us/

I’ll infect one of my test computers, see what the virus does and come up with some removal instructions for you.

G Levin says:

Another machine infected by this virus. Thanks for looking into this. I look forward to any help you may be able to offer.

Apparently this is a serious problem in China. http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200706/20070602/article_318161.htm
They mention “The self-replicating Worm/MSN.SendPhoto”.

Symptoms:

* I have noticed that it modifies the HOSTS file to prevent access to many antivirus/antispyware sites.

* Also causes msconfig and Process Explorer to terminate.

* It appears to be brought in by the startup programs, because if I use SAFE mode, or if in SAFE mode I use msconfig to turn off all startup programs, the symptoms I have described go away.

* Also, I am very sure I had system restore turned on, but it is now off, so I cannot restore to a previous state.

Unfortunately it is my daughters laptop and she didn’t do regular backups, so there are no copies of the system state. (I have been able to copy her data off, so if I need to clean the machine she doesn’t lose anything but time — mostly mine.)

rock_y says:

we roooooo com dti??

Administrator says:

GOD, A factory restore will probably remove the virus but make you lose all your settings and files as well.

harshavardhan says:

PLS…help me through this….
HOW TO REMOVE THE VIRUS THAT PREVENTS US FROM VIEWING THE HIDDEN FOLDERS AND FILES….please help me with this…

Dimitris says:

Guys, why get stuck with MSN? There are so many free instant messengers out there compatible with AOL,MSN,Yahoo! etc, under the GNU, which do not suffer from viruses-trojans. I won’t say names now, I do not want to “advertise” any of these. But it worths trying installing one, instead of trying to find and uninstall a virus…

Giorgos says:

oh, also when I formated my pc for the first time I used zone alarm to try and block anything coming through msn but that didnt help either

Cassandra says:

Hi..ive been infected with a thing like this… but i dont have this toolbar888 and not any of those exe. When i log in on msn .. it keeps sendinf this webcam message to everyone on my list ..What cna i do to remoove this ?? please help mee
Cassandra

gabriela says:

i went to control pane and change or remove but i didn’t find anything that say toolbar888 what can i do

Lucy says:

When I talk to my friend it would say(after her first post such as “Hi”) on my end of the conversation:@[fwpscript]Version:01.03.02.07|Icon:none@[/fwpscript] I asked her what it was the first time and she asked me what I meant all she said was “Hi” I copppied and pasted and sent it to her, via msn conversation. As soon as I said it it said that she said it right under my post. Like:

Lucy says:
(my friend) says:
@[fwpscript]Version:01.03.02.07|Icon:none@[/fwpscript]

(my friend) says:
@[fwpscript]Version:01.03.02.07|Icon:none@[/fwpscript]

She couldnt see the strange message, but she could see everything else. My dad told me that someone was hacked into msn and sending and intercepting messages. Is that true?

Laurent says:

Hi,

Some MSN viruses already removed by MSNFix

http://sosvirus.changelog.fr/MSNFix.zip

regards

T0ne says:

I just recently got a msn virus, it was sent from my friend. along the lines of this i forgot, “check out my volleyball team” and it sends me this photo72.rar i deleted it from my recieved folders and from my recylcing bin, and used ad-ware professinal SE that free downloable one and it didn’t find any viruses, but if i was stll on the latest msn it would open windows to my contacts and send them the file saying different things but sending a .rar files saying its pictures. and now apparently my brother said that when he restarts it says that there’s an error and the OS wont load. So i can’t go into safe mode would it work in MS Dos mode? and if so what would i have to do?

mick says:

anyway am here 2 tell you that i ad the same problem for the photo thing coz i accepted it like a plank lol but i did get rid ov it and 2 do that is 2 do a ,”’system restore”’, date it back. and it did work for me

monica says:

hello
something is wrong with my msn, it keeps sending pic to my friends and i dont send them, it say “hey check out this pic of me in the beach” or something like that and then it just sends my friends webcam pictures. i have made a new msn, but it still send pictures what should i do? plz let me know bye.

mick says:

RELAX!. JUST DO SYSTEM RESTORE AND ALL WILL BE FINE!

94iceman94 says:

Hey Everybody theres a new msn virus or whatever going around bout some zip thing it has a url or what ever n says have u seen this women maybe u no her have a look n if ya click on the link it f*cks ya hole msn n i was dump n did now i’m trying to fix my msn n if anyone no’s how to get rid of it could they message me at iceman-94-rocks@hotmail.com plz rlly i need get rid of it

Gandido says:

Hey everyone.

Like everyone else has said, I have a couple of friends with a case of a MSN worm/virus. Most of them seem to have the same variation as Villium mentioned: sending a file (usually pic_###.zip, image_###.zip, you get the idea) where the numbers are apparently randomly generated. I’ve told a few of these guys to try doing a system restore to a point where they knew that they weren’t sending out the messages. Some reported cases of success and some didn’t.

I’ve seen a couple of posts with utilities and such, but not all of them address which problem they are treating. Could someone (preferably the Admin) list these in a following post, specifying which one treats what (and especially if it treats this problem)?

Thanks in advance.

karen says:

i can’t do anything of that can u do it for me please

Ivan says:

i used avg to scan and it deleted the ‘haha.js’ file. i dont think that my laptop is affected with the msn virus but after the file is erased, i cannot click into my c and d drives anymore. This is inclusive of my thumbdrive too. i need help. i cannot format my laptop because i have important assignments in both the 3 drives. can anyone give me a solution without having to format it entirely? please and thanks.

Phil Warren says:

I used the tool and it didn’t delete anything…

Antony says:

There is a new virus… it sends zip.zip without any text and in the Task Manager, wscsvc.exe and tzvusxkgaswh.exe or any random letered .exe appears…. i tried deleteing both but they come back… scanned and nothing…. update the msn scanner for it?

Kenneth says:

The virus i have is called trojan.pandex and my norton internet security always says that they have blocked the virus and that my comp is secure, but after that i am never able to go on internet. i cant find any o the things you said to delete up there. I need help cuz im seriously spazzing out.
please help

ivke says:

i’v got same problem. “check out my new pic” or “Do you think I look fat in this pic” all the messages refer to pics. When I’m online on MSN…my curser disappears and my contact’s “pop up” like for a second…when it’s over…all of them have these messages from me that I didn’t send”.there’s any new anti virus for that?

daniel says:

ok my friend has the same problem but… my friends one if kind of werid cos we went to the same schholand then it goes check out our old school pics well i open it and then my avast anti virus sais warning deleting this filr it has a virus well same on my lap top wich has norton ani vir 2007 i tried tot ell them but it wont work and anyway with the ‘“@[fwpscript]Version:01.03.02.07|Icon:none@[/fwpscript]’ thas a hacker problem on msn servers i tried emailing microsoft but i keep getting from them what are you talking about? but now since the last 5 days its stopped.!!! oh yer

ruggo says:

i have the same stuff going on as ivke, but i havent accepted the .rar file? any solutions

Tofu says:

Are there any other files that need to be deleted? I also downloaded the new Msn virus removal. It said that there weren’t any known Msn virus files. But my computer continues to send files to the contacts on my list. I want to continue using Windows Live Messenger. And I haven’t found any of the files that were mentioned on here in my computer. ?! So, are there must be more files?

Annie says:

I faced the same problem as what Totu said (4th Nov 07). Eventhough i used AVG Free (Dora said – 9th Nov 07), MSN virus still can’t be removed. Anyone can help?

ayiem says:

how to remove Haha.js virus from my external hard disc …i cannot open my extrnal hard disc coz infection from this virus ..i try clean the virus use AVG update anti virus still cant remove the virus

Amanda says:

I have the msn virus but i dont have the toolbar888 or any of the files it says to delete. i tried using the technibble program but it says i have no viruses. my msn is still sending the virus messages to my friends tho. i dont know what else to try.

Leen says:

Ohk.
I thought i had some sort of msn virus. It sends a message to all my contacts telling me i changed my hair, to read some guys shirt or that i dont like my picture on facebook or myspace. But when i used the msn virus removal tool, it says i don’t hve an msn virus. Then what is it ?

James Turner says:

i cllicked a link on msn, the link said you can see who has blocked you i clicked it like and idiot, and now i have the virus.

any way i can get rid please help.

Dee says:

i just realised that number 96 on this is the same thing i cliked on bloody hell what a knob i am

Chris, DicE says:

also check your received files or “My Received Files” for something that is or has .Zip on the end that could very well be your virus. note to be followed, do not accept anything in another format other than .jpeg .mp3 .bmp .jpg these are known and safe :P

JimC says:

Re Postings 96 & 98
This is not a virus. You have probably followed a link ‘Free stuff for you’ supposedly from a friend through MSN. Then you put in your username and password to access a site that also supposedly would tell you has blocked you on MSN. Well you have provided your username and password to a complete stranger who is now accessing your mail and using your MSN to send more links. Go to your hotmail account and change your password. It may be an idea to change all passwords. Tell your contacts to change theirs also. That should sort it.

jeff says:

hi a friend messaged me and there was file download. me being to trusting i clicked on the link. I asked my friend what the file was and she said she never sent me anything. now some of my firend on my list are getting these fransfer requests from me. they said hte file names keep changing. pls help me and tell me how ot solve this problem

Josi says:

my msn is doing the same thing like everytime i sign on it sends everyone on my contact list that appear online a mssg saying something along of ” does my hair look to dark in this pic” ” i made this pic in photoshop do u like it” or msggs along the line of pictures could u plzzz help me i dont know wat this is or wat it comes from and most importantly how to get rid of it – would appreciate help:(

garrett says:

THIS WAS NO HELP AT ALL I CAN’T FIND ANY THING UP THERE AND ITS TOTALY SCREWING MY COMP. :@

sara says:

i have a msn virus thats sending people zip files saying “omg is that you” to my contacts and i cant get rid of it please help! im getting moaned at by them

asb says:

yea everyone on my list is saying, man u got some annoying virus tht keeps sending me stuff, i havnt been on for a week, but how do i delete it, jus gimme a link, NETHINGG, k thx

Yvette says:

I also clicked on the link which said…”Found a picture and it just looks like you” now I’m sending different messages about pictures and diamond necklace an ebay, I have no control of this and have no idea i’m doing it.HELP!!!

Zak says:

hey i got the virus;
[cause i accepted it]

it apparently as other viruses to download
and overthrows my administrator abilities
on windows account.

[i cant download ANYTHING or am prompted to let anything access the internet]

facebook-pics!.exe
andd many more trojans
help?

Liz says:

I dont have toolbar888 either, when i sign in msn it flashes up my contacts but then they dissappear so i dont no who it has sent the virus to. it seems to have stopped but can it just go away like that? My computer has said it cannot detect any viruses. help x

Hayley Green says:

DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE FROM AVG. FREE DOWNLOAD, JUST MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THE NEW UPDATES!
Ive just found 3 trojan horse files, one of which is Pic20.
Hopefully this will sort it!
Good Luck!
x

Larsi says:

I just got an virus, donno what it was really, but when the chat window came up it said “look at my pitcure… http//.www…” you know what I mean. But i have looked all over this, and nothing is the same. but now after 10 min Norton found the files. Ive started a scan, but nothing so far. How can i be sure of that its gone?

JW says:

Administrator.. will a system restore help to solve this problem completely? Will it leave my regular files i use for work (word files etc) on the computer?

Gilarin says:

Please could someone help me.

Last night I stupidly opened the virus that people have mentioned here which was along the lines of “hey is this your picture” and then had my email address attached too.

The upshot is my pc went totally black screen on me and when i reboot it comes up with the message “Error loading operating server” and a flashing cursor. If i press enter it asks me to enter a password.

I can see the instructions here of how to get rid of the virus but how do I get into my pc to be able to do this?
Thank you
Elizabeth
:-)

Gemini says:

Hmm, I’ve seen two other people with the same issue as the one I have. A friend of mine has this also, but he sent me a link yesterday saying check this website to see who has blocked you. This is one of my closest friends, so I figured eh ok. Blam! No sooner then I do it, another friend ims me saying, You’ve been virused. He tried to help me by finding it, but as I read this site. The two other people had failed to mention one thing, and that is, while logged on to MSN, it will kick you off and your computer will tell you that you have logged on from another computer click here to relog on this comp. Also, I turn my computer off at night, and it seems that someone or something logs in on my MSN and sent something to another friend around the time I KNEW I was asleep. So I am going to run through all my sites, that I have been on since this has happened, I am going to change my passwords, and hopefully, this should work. If there is anything else that you could possibly think of to help by all means. Spam me with it lol. Thanks in advance and I hope that others who have this will somehow get directed to this site.

ashly weiche says:

my msn sends or zipped files that say random things like” check out my new computer” or ” like my new hair colour” and it sends them with zipped files…. what is this?

LetheW says:

there is another taht acted similar to this one. TrendMicro picked up the Trojan it did not show up in any of the other files above but was found in C:\WINDOWS\systems32\drivers\etc\hosts

this is after I reloaded MSN/Yahoo and performed the above scan twice.

Gemini says:

For those who have gotten the blocked list thing. I do agree with the help stated a few marks above. I just changed my password to MSN and any other important site I logged into when I had the issue. So far as of now, I haven’t had anymore problems. :D

Jessica says:

please help! i know this is the virus i have and i want to delete it but i cant even turn my comp on. It turns on but it continues to restart over and over again i tried to go in safe mode and the one about the last working networks but it STILL continues to restart over and over! what do i do?

Kk111999 says:

i have found that sometimes when people log on then send you a link then says thumbs up or wink or sumthin.

If Someone Can Tell What This Is It Would Be Really Helpful!!

jamielee says:

i have this and yet everything you have suggested isnt working and ive tried everything to try and fix it and im starting to get to the point of throwing my laptop out the window can some one please suggest something that will actually WORK

Garett says:

My girlfriend clicked on a link from msn. It came up this kind of looks like you and we got hit with the virus. Now my laptop won’t even start up. I turn it on and it comes up error loading operating system. I have a dell latitude. How did I get back up and running and get rid of this?

Thanks
Garett
garett_leaman@hotmail.com

Macka says:

For those people who still have the virus, go to http://www.msnvirusremoval.com and download MSN Photo Virus Remover. Run it and it should clear the virus out for you.

sil says:

http://www.uyumsuzluk.info/list this is the new msn virus it sends u to a block list does anyone know how to remove this one?

Benedict says:

Hey guys,
I got the same bloody thing as Michael n a few others..it sends a weird link with a smiley wink at the end n when u click on it it takes you to this “See who has blocked you” page and when u key in yout email and password u get signed off saying “you hav signed in on another system bla bla bla” n it loggs you off and at that time if u sign in again it sends the same bloody link to my contacts..I hav done everything fr the removal tool to even reformating my laptop..didn’t work..wat else can i do..PLEASEEEE HELP MEEEE!!!! Really annoying!!!!

Ben

[HELP]Lisa_Huggles says:

I too have the same problem. I could not find Toolbar888 or any of the .exe files. I have tried many Anti Viruse programmes and all say i dont have anything. Yet i can only be signed into MSN for a few minutes before it sends this out to everyone.

Please can someone help me. I work for GameSpy Arcade / IGN Entertainment. I have alot of staff and clients on my list. Doesn’t look good me sending them a virus…

Any help would be appreciated.

[HELP]Lisa_Huggles
Official GameSpy Arcade [HELP]er.

Felix says:

Administrator…Please help me..I’m going to lose all my friends..They’re all annoyed as i keep sending them this stupid virus.Some messages r even attached along with the pics like “Hey,is this your picture?”, “You look sexy in this picture”, or “Please try this sex picture”
OMG!and everytime my comp send the virus,the control freeze for a while.i tried many antiviruses,and they all say there r no virus in my comp..

Martin says:

i recieved this virus and none of the solutions work in getting rid of it.

i dont’ have the toolbar or the other bit it tell syou to find and the manual option hasnt’ sorted it out either.

this is complete bullsh1t

kate says:

I ran the msn anti virus thing at the top of the page and it didnt delete it, im getting really confused, it said no virus found and i still have the virsus.
HEEEEELP PLEASE X

gomes says:

pourriez vous me dire comment doigt procéder pour supprime un virus qui ma étais envoyer par un ami a travers msn le non du virus et friends.iquebec

danny collinge says:

if u have a msn virus just do a system restore it will get rid of the virus and let u use msn withput problems

Shadaki says:

Strange.

I just got the virus, and I wasn’t able to delete it from my desktop where it was saved…

I restarted my PC, and began to look at this page for a solution. I couldn’t find anything that this page told me to find, but I went back to my desktop and was able to delete the file I received. I emptied my recycling bin soon afterwards.

I tried to scan the file using both AVG and Norton, and it said it did not show any threat…And I have both AVG and Norton on scan, and I have yet to find anything that would be a Trojan of some sort.

A friend of mine was also able to delete it, but now she says she receives virus threats on windows explorer….I use Mozilla Firefox, and I haven’t gotten anything like that.

Laura Bradley says:

I have had an MSN virus for a while now, I can not get rid of it, tried deleting MSN off my computer and re-installing it, I’ve tried loads of other things that these websites suggest, I can’t find ANY of the files that im meant to delete and its getting extremely annoying.

The virus sends every time i log in, change my status, when someone else logs in, when someone else changes there status, sometimes it just sends randomly, can ANYONE help, my anti-virus is plain rubbish and cant detect it and ive also delete all the zipped folders that came with it, now it only sends to some people but sends them it about 50+ times in one go…

Please someone help!

Laura

P.s. This is one of the things it says:

‘Laura Bradley (Solihull College) says:
What color do my eyes look in this picture?
Laura Bradley (Solihull College) sends:

Accept(Alt+C) Save As…(Alt+S) Decline(Alt+D) ‘

(It does say lots of different other things aswell so not just always ‘what color do my eyes look in this picture?’

ny2ko says:

elenious, i got that virus too. just search for it with avg if u have it. its recognised as Trojan Horse Dropper. Delf.AOY. if not kill the process. its msn.com. the process that is and also remove it from the registry and common files and also from the system restore

Shadaki says:

Norton and AVG did full scans for me and found nothing. My MSN hasn’t been acting up, nor have I seen any dramatic changes in my PC (though Firefox was going slow on G4tv.com, youtube.com, and facebook.)

I also just did a quick sign out/sign back in, and asked my friends if they got the random link…They said no, so I assume it’s gone.

Also, I don’t use MSN. I just have windows live messenger if that helps any.

bridgette says:

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stacey says:

ok i’ve solved part of the problem… everything seems to be working fine but whenever i load windows when i turn on the pc, there’s this msg that says: error loading C:\users\………dll

jackie says:

Ok, I have look at the responses on this page but have not gotten one that explains what this is: @[fwpscript]Version:01.03.02.07|Icon:none@[/fwpscript]. It pops up each time one o my friends sends the first message in Yahoo IM. What is this?

Tobias says:

P.S. People! Don´t press on the in the previous message!!!

knut says:

Hey folks! have a lil probs here too….had some kind of MSN virus(kept sending itself as a pic) some time ago but spybot 00ed it :):):)

anyways now someone i know has got one too, telling her she s already logged in somewhere else when she tries to log in…it keeps sending it self too…

spybot doesn t work :(

lem lem says:

so the only way to get rid of the virus is to do system restore, reformat, or restore to factory settings cause theres a new one out that asks you to go to a site to find out whos blocking you then it puts a file on your computer that has 40000 infected movie link files in it. dumbasses

BUZZ1PUP says:

a guy sent a virus to me it was some thing like is this a pic of u http://www.messengerblahblah.com/buzzipup@hotmail.com!? :s yeah unfortunantly i clicked on it and ran it when ever i start the compu up it asks to run the file with a webstie as http://www.livemessenger.com fake for msn and the path is C:\WINDOWS i have norton and AVG and i scanned with spybot and have nothing i just want it to stopcoming up on start up.

Tim says:

Need help all my friends say there getting a virus that says look at this cool pic of me, and the it comes up with downloading a .RAR file. Virus scan found nothing, The msn virus removal did nothing, friends are very anoyed and want me to stop it. If you got anything for me contact me at Timbats@hotmail.com, Thanks in advance

No one says:

i also have a virus on my MSN.. its a very weird one.. its allot like the “is this you on the photo” virus, but i tried following these directions, found nothing… a friend told me how he deleted is, and said the sorce of the virus for him was http://www.msn.com.exe. well my computer doesnt even have that. i tried getting a friend to give me the name of the file so i could do a search on it, nothing came up… later found out that each time it sends itself out, it changes its name… so i cant do a search for it. can someone give me some pointers, or ideas on what i can do?

Macka says:

@No one:
If you havent already, go to http://www.msnvirusremoval.com and Save the file MSN Photo Virus Remover then run it. Press start and wait to see if your strain is detected.

If it isn’t detected then download MSN Virus Info Gatherer, it will send a report to me and I’ll add your strain to the Virus Database.

As for your second post, it is definately possible to write such a detection method, and that is in the midterm plans for improvements to MSN Photo Virus Remover. However don’t hold your breath, we have many short term projects happening at the moment that should increase the detection rate and speed at which the Virus Database is updated. Also this method might sound straight forward in theory, but in practice can be rather complicated.

Anyway, if you need to submit an MSN Virus Info Gatherer Report, then do so asap as an update will be prepaed in about 10 hours time. Only submit one if your strain is not detected or if you still have the virus after the scan.

ClamRammer says:

^take note only do this as a last resort because i think you need to shut off system restore so the virus does not duplicate you can do that by right clicking on my computer then clicking properties,then click the system restore tab and disable a lot of people just format when they become infected it does take less time if you have 2 partitions to store your data this is just something else you can try besides formatting

Jesus says:

yes

jEWEL says:

pleaase help me i have been infected with the virus and nothing is helpin my pc. it has it

cally says:

a few days ago i was on msn and i got message from a friend saying i found a photo of you on hotornot or something on that order..and it showed a folder with a zipper on it..well without thinking i clicked on it.. and now everytime i sign in it sends a similar thing to all of my friends that are on…or the same thing when i sign off.. and i tried going under control panel and removing programs and such.. well i did not find anything on the line that you were explaining.. and i to the start am not so good with computers and i dont think that we have an anitvirus program on our computer we used to (nortan antivirus program) but people required we took it off due to it giving viruses.. can you help me with this problem to remove it

Frances says:

Hi I seem to have the same problem as Cally & Sarah… to say I am getting fed up of downloading anti virus programmes and doing full scans is an understatement!!!!
I already have McAfee nstalled & have also downloaded & run crapcleaner,spybot, Ad Aware & a few others i have forgotton the name of, i have spoken to broadband security who are aware & have sent some more sites for me to try… so far no good!!! please someone help me!!! i really dont want to be stuck on the friggin computor for the rest of my holidays!!!!
Any ideas pleeeeease?
mega thank you people!!! xxx

Justin says:

i cant start my computer anymore, it just gets stuck on the loading screen.

vanessa says:

its doesnt work ..
my msn virus keeps sending out the virus to other people ..
i tried your scan but i cant detect
norton anti virus scan also cannot detect ..
futher more ..
i cant start a conversation with those my com have sent the virus to ..
and ive already deleted the file ..

Kyrecko says:

When i talk to someone if i click on something else then go back to the chat or click on a diff chat it signs me out!

Mike says:

Guys, I have a similar virus…basically every 5 minutes it sends a message to my contacts (in basic font, not my custom one) saying something like ‘this is my dream computer’ or, ‘is it ok if I put this picture of you and me on facebook?’ stuff like that, then a link to a picture file, which is actually not.

I’ve lost 4 contacts because they got so pissed off with it, if any1 can help, then please do :(

mikeman61 says:

to the last 183 comments: did you try reading the above instructions? -.-” Its titled ‘“How to Remove MSN Virus Project 1/ Generic2.EXO / Backdoor.Generic3.SAT”’ incase you cant find it… if this isnt your problem then your in the wrong place.

abhi(Mauritius) says:

check out the pics from the awesome party http://crazydinesh_21.crazy-party.info

i keep on receiving such mails…unfortunately i cliked on this link…and since then my msn keeps on blockinh and thus flashes..help plz

morgan says:

ok well mine keeps saying all theese weird things like “does this picture make me look dumb, i wanna put it on myspace?” and then it will send a link

it annoyss me and i dont noe how to get rid of it

i dont have any of those things that it says to check for!

Julia says:

I have that exact problem. But it doesnt say
‘ toolbar 888 ‘ help?

Coreen says:

Help, its not working, get it out.

gemma says:

I did the chack and it said that i didnt have an msn virus but it still send the link to everyone, i also did a full McAfee check but that came up clean too. :S, What can i do?
Please e-mail me if you know how gemma_tovey@live.co.uk
please note that i have parental block because im only 13 so it needs to be a website that i can go on without the block. :)

linda says:

hej
har fått in ett virus som heter backdoor.win32.ircbot.aza och ett som heter trojan.win32.agent2.bcp. vad ska jag göra för att bli av med dessa? jätte tacksam för svar..

tack på förhand / linda

almost angel with a virus says:

I used the software you have there but it didn’t work (I coul installed anyway)
It’s the worst what happened to me ever! i didn’t found none file you say and I couldn’t fine the toolbar also, pleae help!

Dawn says:

I have the same problem with the msn virus. I tried the above steps but cannot find any of the files and it is still on my computer. Anything else I can try?

Tahani says:

It seemz tht thtz da virus i got buhh wen i go on control panel and then add/remove programmes derz no Toolbar888 :S
So how can i install it?

Trevor Lewis says:

My AVG Professional refused to accept the down load and removed it from my system! What now?

Trevor

Sean Byrne says:

Hi , my friends tell me that when I sign out/offline they get a message sayin Im signed in on another computer ??? whats all that about Im not signed in on another computer ? How do I fix it ?

Jamed says:

The download link u gave us has a virus

Alicia says:

when I am talking to my friends on msn it closes the convo and then I can’t open it again I have tried the anti virus msn tool but it says there is no virus??????

flower says:

Hi!

If you want to avoid all this stuff you can just use http://www.meebo.com instead of the real messenger. I’ve been using it for a long time and I’m happy with it. :)

randy says:

gone through evey thing you told me above and cannot find a thing anything on any part of waht you told me to do so what is wrong with my computer then if i do not have the virus and then why does it keep booting me offline and sending out the virus to my friends even on wifi it does this with a 100% signal? so what do i do now to get rid of this anoying thing? any help would be helpful…do not need to pay to get my computer fixed again..please email me back with some help and if you know of a person by the name of kyle wrightson he is partly responsible behind the spreading of the virus in the first place and tweeking it for to go into chain letters and he can be found on twitter site alot .. no security there for him to hack into your comp and steal stuff and add things even iof you have a firewall… and most computers come with windows defender and firewall it comes with your running system you just have to find it and turn it on..and this conflicker virus????

Heli says:

Hey!
I just don’t understand.:S Kaspersky and this program recommended above don’t find anything, but my msn is sending text to my contacts?!?!!??

alexis nguyen says:

last week on msn , my friend send me this link & i was completely oblivious i clicked on it. It showed nothing but a page that saus cannot view server or something likt that. my friend told me it was a msn virus –” therefore , now i have it. my internet is EXTREMELY SLOW & my msn keep on sending those links to some of my contact list PLEASE PLEASE help ! i have windows vista.

Alex. says:

help!
i have a virus and i cant get rid of it.
and ive looked on my programs and theres nothing that says toolbar 888

HELP!! :S

TREG says:

I recently got the MSN virus.. and I don’t have ANY of those files you’ve mentioned, I really have no clue why, or if I still have it, because I’ve been told deleting your MSN will get rid of it, and I did several times, but I don’t know if I still have it or not.. :( I think I will run Ccleaner.. I have AVG, it didnt detect anything.. and I have avast! it detected something, I deleted that, but I think it was something unrealated.

tyra says:

toby how did u get rid of it. i get links of other people and my friends say that i send links to them to when i dont and i just want it gone :(

emma says:

hi, my msn keeps sending emails out to people in another language that i dont know.. also will send links to people for things like phones. scans have come up with nothing and i dont have toolbar888… any ideas? thanks

danny says:

for those that do find malware, viruses etc, that means you were infected with these anyway, you should alway run a virus and spyware program every cpl of weeks especially if there are processes you dont recognize or if your pc is not its usual self

Ninz... says:

My vírus sends other links than any above… Does your thing work there too??

lin... says:

i cant find toolbar888 i dont think i have it but ppl say i do :|

venoata says:

now the latest msn is HOT! HOT! isexsexsex.com
i swear i didnt click any websites from msn or visit porn. and i did everything to remove the virus but it’s there. i did msnfix, msn virus removal and many anti virus but none scanned virus. and kept sending porn website to those who online. help!

Elliot W says:

I have an msn virus i accidently downloaded the file img5110.Jpeg-www.myspace.msnmy-pic.exe since it was from my best friend. It also said it was from hi5gallery.masnmy-pic.com if that helps

Robert says:

hey yea I dont have anything you guys said to look up and delete, however my friends still say on msn i still send these messesage

Scott says:

I think I just got the f*cking virus by clicking a link with my friends’ e-mail in it, not thinking it was the virus as it hasn’t happened in a long time, and sent another message afterwards, and then it sent me to this place where you get buddy icons and shit for MSN. And now I think I have the virus but my virus scan doesn’t find anything, PLEASE HELP ME!!

This is a new computer, not even a year old and if I get a virus my mother will fucking kill me and I can’t lose my games and Photoshop, took me MONTHS to get it to work and I cant lose my music, took me months to rip from the CDs!! GAHH, HELP!!!!

Aaron Gan says:

Hi..my window live messenger have a virus. When i log in the MSN, i will automaticly send message to my contacts. The message sent was ‘Is this your photo http://www.myspace.com********’. Do you know how to solve this problem?

John says:

Hey,i got this new msn virus in the form of a java applet installation. It’s freaking me out. None of the virus removal softwares work. Some help please?

Clarabella says:

I downloaded the virus and NOD32 detected it as a unknown variant of a NewHeur_PE virus. Keeps on terminating and quarantining this file. Can you please confirm that this file isn’t a virus? my friend and I are trying to work on a solution to sort out pop-up problem – I asked him what was going on and he says I also send him the same link – the one that says is this photo of you on this website with a link on it and it says facebookprofile picture, etc…

Abby says:

Someone I was talking to on MSN ‘sent’ me a link : limageshack.org/img/imgzms.org
I clicked it when I should’nt have*thinking it was Imageshack* and now I ‘send it to people
While Im talking to them on MSN.
Please tell me how to get rid of this!

lina says:

does any one knw how to find msn paswford or from where the person is talking i want to knw the exectly place he/she taling. some one stole my pasfor and i relly wnat to know who is that person plezz can somebody halp mee

Kelly_ says:

Help!!!!!
This girl sent me a link, and had this website on it, but it also had my email in it, and she said it was a photo of me… so i clicked it and now when i go on msn all these convosations are opening, and i dont know how to fix it!!! PLEASE HELP!!!

olivia says:

when i sign into msn after a while its signs me out saying connection loss this happens constantly even when i am connect what do i do?? HELP

blane says:

acctually, this does not work, it helped me before but the virus came back

Thomas says:

I have the same problem as Marta with a link with “fotos” in it which I stupidly opened and now it is sending it to my contacts and closing chat widows when I am chatting. I have to sign-out and then sign-in again to continue the conversation and then it does it again. It also puts up a window about publishing files online and sharing folders (which are empty when I check them).

My Norton does not identify the virus (it says there are no viruses), the microsoft malcious software removal tool could not find it either, I have uninstalled messenger and reinstalled but to no avail so presume the virus is in my laptop system somewhere, can anyone please help me?

Thomas says:

re my post on February 20 I have found out runnung a microsoft tool the virus is a worm called win32/pushbot.gen!c but the tool could not remove it. My Norton says my computer is free of viruses and none of the three spy/malware programmes I have downloaded have found it. Can anyone help me remove this blight?

nelly says:

lol just to say that ive sold it…god blessed me.. thanx AVG)))

Telenim says:

Neko, that’s why there are guides on getting rid of stuff like this.

Valentine86 says:

Hey, I recently clicked a link a friend sent to me, only to find that she wasn’t the one who sent it. Now I’m sending them without knowing it. The link just sends you to Imagebucket. The link is:

http:img95.Imagebucket.com/img/gozium.jpg DONT CLICK THIS

Can someone help me out please? AVG cant find it.

Daron aKa [D'Ron] Rip UNcle Eddie... I HATE WHEN PPL WASTE MY TIME says:

i have a virus on my email address

Dominic says:

I got this message ” foto :D http://view-facebook.com/image.php?=(email address) ” and now my msn closes my convo and also freezes my computer repeatedly.. Please help!!

hussain says:

can someone help me please? becuz when i sign into msn it works perfectly fine. But then my cuzin sent me this link and it says foto =D and myspace…. so on. and then my email address at then end. I clicked into it and i had virus it lead into the myspace website. Now every few minutes the conversatipon windows flinches and sends the link to everyone who is on. I need to sign out and sign back in to fix this problem can someone please help?

lizzie says:

hussain at the top of this page theres a underlined “here” you can click on. run that and it should sort it out – it did for me ;)

sally says:

help please i cliced on a virus and now keeps on sending to EVERYONE ONLINE ! HELP ME !

chang says:

did anyone find a way to fix this virus? its really annoying

Jodie says:

does anyone no how to unbug my msn ??
i could say hi and it will tell me to debug i’ll click on it but it will do the same again :/
i tried this virus removal on it and it says there isn’t one which is good but im still stuck on why it says its bugged.

denis says:

how can people be stupid enought to not know it is not a picture?… lol[2]

Glenn says:

i have a msn look a like icon on the bottom toolbar -near show hidden icons arrow but when i try to click it it dissapears. Now it wont let me to sign into msn messenger.i deleted Msn pologmy 8.0 but still cant log on? Not sure if have virus or not?? Any helpers?

emerson says:

i dont think so… dont have the list too

No Name says:

it can be ligemget about using a second form of msn / for the computer itself has a problem with the virus and NOT msn, can someone in here tell me what I can do to delete this fucking virus ????? ? it’s fucking annoying yes!

Erica says:

yeah i think i’ve gotten a virus but this is a different up to date one, it says ‘w foto http//www.facebook.com/(your e-mail address) and then some random numbers after that. i first got it when i was talkin to my friend on msn and she kept loggin in and out and every time she logged in i would get the same link over and over again, but she never talked. and then i was stupid enought to click on it and save the file (supposite photo of you) and now every time i say something to someone or logg in, i send out the link, but i don’t even no im sending it out.and apparently i send it out even offline. is there anyone else who has this problem? HELP!

Jonah says:

@Erica

I have this problem its so annoying!!

Bobmacambob says:

Just to increase the probability of the solution being noticed:

ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD!!!!!!!

ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD!!!!
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD!!!!
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD!!!!

adam says:

hrmmmm this makes me really sad but what’s happend is the “hey, is this you in this pic :/” i have tried the thing at the top of the page but it says “no know msn virus was found” pleaaaasssseeeeeeeeeeee help!!!

MSNVIRUS GUY KIND OF THINGIE says:

stupid virus why did we all hve to click that dumb link!

MSNVIRUS GUY KIND OF THINGIE says:

it did lol

Meruchan says:

None of it worked… I just can’t get rid of it…

Idunnoboutthis says:

Dude,

Your “”removal tool” gets flagged as avirus by Avira. WTF

Chris Dineley says:

hi, just wandering would all my contacts still be on my msn once i uninstall and reinstall msn messenger…..???????????

eoghan says:

THE DOWNLOAD WORK I LVOE YOU@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mtv says:

well every time i log in msn ikeep sending all my contacts the virus and its really annoying, then sometimes it wont let me talk to annyone all of a sudden so i hav to log out then back in again….all the instruction you gave didn’t work at all =( pleeaasse help my friends are getting annoyed

Kenan says:

I have a virus I hate it because my friends have a go at me and then it crashes my msn! It says for me is this you in the this pic then youtube and then the person who Ive sent it toos email!

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!

Greg says:

I got a virus when I opened a link and every time I go on msn it’ll send
Foto http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://rawoils.com /fb/&h=210ad&=roger_bourgeois@hotmail.com
is there anything I can use to get ride of that virus???