I got a message from a firend in MSN that said Hey, is this your picture?? followed by a link to a website mymsnpictures.com. Appon following the link a file was downloaded to my machine. The file was a .com file which kind of set off some red lights in my head.
So I tried scanning the file with Trend Micro Office Scan Client and it didn't pick up anything.
So I then decided to try the following online scanners:
- Trend Micro House Call
- Bit Deffender Online Scanner
- kaspersky Online Scanner
None of them picked up anything. So curiousity got the better of me and I decided to open the file.
At that point Windows Defender started screaming like mad!
I imagine that shortly after that multiple MSN windows opened and closed in quick succession on my PC, but I have not been able to verify that yet as I pulled out my network cable. None of my msn contacts have complained yet, but I suggest you ignore any links to pictures in MSN for now.
I will keep you posted as I am currently doing full system scans with Trend and with windows defender.