Hey this looks alot like you! :S

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hey this looks alot like you

It’s really irritating and it spreads like mad. I hope you know what I’m saying. MSN messages like the above title, some goes by "Is that you on that photo…" or similar has been popping on my Instance Messenger on daily basis. If you are receiving these messages like I do, that means your friend on the other end has been infected by a MSN virus. I not sure if its deadly, but it’s sure disturbing.

These viruses goes by various names, MSN Virus Project 1; Generic2.EXO; Backdoor.Generic3.SAT. Once infected it will spread across your contact lists and sends out the above said (or similar message). If any of your IM contacts clicks on it, they will be brought via Internet Explorer to download a file name photo656.pif. If the user downloads it, there goes another users.

Removing the virus from PC

To remove this virus from your computer, try using this tool. Download, let it scan and remove the virus. If the tool doesn’t work, visit Technibble.com for a manual removal solution.

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  • Svarbard
    Try msn fix
  • Jean
    I have gotten it and i have ran Ad-aware and Spybot S&D and my anti-virus found nothing.
  • Alright, I got this virus not to long ago and well, it was more than just a simple IM virus. It was a complete Trojan. The thing put a keylogger, adware, spyware, and a whole bunch of other shit that I didn't need. It disabled my run command, task manager, and the ability to go back to a previous date. I had to reformat my hard drive to get that shit off.
  • Even I tried removing the virus but nothing happened...
  • lydia
    Oh, and also, I'm not sure again if this problem is because of the virus, but:
    When I click on my contact to talk to, they chat box doesn't come up; I can't talk to them.
    I can only talk to a few that works for some reason.
    This is getting very annoying because I'm almost on MSN for the whole day.
    And im not even sure if I'm actually spreading the viruses the whole time I'm on....
  • lydia
    I just got this viruss T_T
    but I tried downloading the tool, but it detected nothing.

    I'm sure that I still have it though.
    Suddenly messages just keep popping up from almost everyone in my contact list and before I can get to it, it closes. Is that normal?
    I'm not exactly sure if I'm sending weird messages though. No one has told me that I have.
  • Ramy: Yeah, I heard that this is an old virus too, but apparently I'm getting so many these days. Maybe it re-spread after the Hongkong celebrity photo exposed incident.
  • Ramy
    It's a pretty old virus, it's sooo annoying.
    I've never clicked on it, but my sister always does... "Oh, I thought it was a picture of me". Hehe, but thanks for the solution, I've never heard of it, so... thanks for that.
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