{"id":245,"date":"2007-03-17T16:25:57","date_gmt":"2007-03-17T23:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/archives\/245"},"modified":"2014-12-04T13:38:59","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T20:38:59","slug":"dont-fall-for-the-msn-worm-i-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/general-interest\/dont-fall-for-the-msn-worm-i-did\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Fall for the MSN Worm… (I did)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can’t believe I fell for it. One of my MSN Messenger contacts APPARENTLY sent me a chat message, saying this…<\/p>\n

Surfing the web Ive found this useful tool in http\/\/Get-Messenger.com\/?en
\nJust entering your MSN Messenger account you can find out who has removed you from his\/her contact list.I hope you find it useful!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It sounded worth checking out, so I clicked the link, (the colon is removed above) and tried the “service”. All is showed me after entring my Messenger ID and password was a list of my contacts, none showing as removed, so I just left, and signed back into MSN.<\/p>\n

A minute later, I got that message from someone else too, verbatim. I instantly realized what had happened, (SCAM) and then realized that my MSN password was now out there.<\/p>\n

Less than a minute after that, the second “sender” of the message asked ME where I had gotten the link, and I realized that HE had just gotten the message too, apparently from me.\u00a0 Awwww.
\nI had to hunt a bit to be able to find out where to change my password for MSN messenger, and I finally found it here.
\nhttps:\/\/account.live.com\/<\/p>\n

I’ve written articles warning people about junk like this, yet I fell for this one bigtime. This one’s going to spread like wildfire…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can’t believe I fell for it. One of my MSN Messenger contacts APPARENTLY sent me a chat message, saying this… Surfing the web Ive found this useful tool in http\/\/Get-Messenger.com\/?en Just entering your MSN Messenger account you can find out who has removed you from his\/her contact list.I hope you find it useful! It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,10,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-spyware","category-viruses-and-scams"],"yoast_head":"\nDon't Fall for the MSN Worm... (I did)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I can't believe I fell for it. One of my MSN Messenger contacts APPARENTLY sent me a chat message, saying this... 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