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Fishfly
Hi all just a warning

if your contact sends you messages such as these:

QUOTE

[10:55:28 AM]Ronald says: now u populr
[10:55:34 AM] Ronald says: LINK REMOVED
[10:55:44 AM] Ronald says: oops sorry please don't look there confused.gif
[10:55:45 AM] Ronald says: hey
[10:55:49 AM] Ronald says: biggrin.gif
[10:55:56 AM] Ronald says: look what crazy photo Tiffany sent to me,looks cool
[10:55:59 AM] Ronald says: LINK REMOVED
[10:56:10 AM] Ronald says: oh sry not for u
[10:56:14 AM] Ronald says: (rofl)


Don't click on the link... or even continue with the chat... it's a virus that has been spreading around skype as of this morning.
I responded in the chat and it buggered up my skype...


what happens when you get infected?

Your skype status will be set to "Not Available" and the skype window will disappear

Resolution:
What I have found is in your Task Manager, under processes it addes an entry: WNDRIVS.EXE
That file is no where in your folders etc...

To fix this you will need to:
1. Open up Task Manager -> Process
2. End Task anything that says: wndrivs32
3. Click START -> RUN
4. Type Regedit
5. Search for any entry thta says: mshtmldat32
6. Delete all entries in your registry
7. Then go to your system folder and delete any file called mshtmldat32.exe
8. Finally go to your Host file usually: c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\
9. Delete all the entry in the host file and add back 127.0.0.1 localhost.

cyfermaster
ahh trout. You got excited when it said Tiffany has sent you pics. Told you to stop surfing those pr0n sites. tongue.gif
Fishfly
no... my friend sent it to me.. I was merely responding to say WTF... who is that?
and then my skpye bombed...
russell
It wasn't all bad though, first skype message you've sent to me in months tongue.gif
RenegadeNukes
I got one of those two, however instincts prevailed and i saved and shut down.

So far no damage

I;ll have a double check anyway. Thanks fishy
Fishfly
lies I skyped you the other day you ignored me sad.gif
cyfermaster
You always say everyone ignores you. Just more proof that it is your skype and msn that is BROKEN.
Bone
I must of not read this thread. I reinstalled it and it works perfectly fine.
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