Warning! Windows hotmail virus spams your friends!!

[precious_woman]

After getting home from visiting my father last night, I was shocked to log in and see dozens and dozens of emails from "postmaster" that were "undelieverable" and/or "failure"(s). Obviously I had NOT sent them, so I had to go to windows live for support and I found out this...there IS a worm/virus affecting windows hotmail users.

The worm/virus sends various messages that entice users to click on a malicious link that leads to a Web site. Clicking on the said link downloads a copy of the worm onto message recipients' computers. Upon download, it then gathers e-mail addresses saved on the recipient's computer and sends itself out to all of those addresses

I just spent the night scanning my computer and I hopefully got the "bugger" but I wanted to warn everyone and also I want to appologize if any of my friends got an email from me asking that they "click" on a link!!

 

[dani3839]

thanks for the warning precious_woman, it totally sucks
when things like this happen!

 

[judyb57]

That sucks, I just can not understand how people can spend their time coming up with these viruses to cause trouble for so many people.

 

[precious_woman]

After reading through the information on the "windows live" information site I discovered that these "worms and viruses" are being sent to us by our very own "friends" and are disguised as those "chain letters". You know the ones, where they say if you don't forward it to 10 friends then something will happen to someone close to you (they will get very sick or even die). Now how low is that!!! My own "friend" sent it to me (but then again, with my dad still in the nursing home, I was stupid enough to send it to my own friends) And then it in turn sent out a bad link to EVERYONE in my contact list!!!! I am really shocked at how these people work. Why put so much time and effort into something that will only hurt others? It's not like they will benefit in any way, shape or form from this!

 

[Mouche12]

I just had one myself, it was sent to my other email address at yahoo and to Judy!!

I will have my computer scanned by a guy I know, because I am not technical at all!

 

[judyb57]

If only the people that make these viruses would put all that knowledge towards something good, they could be rich!