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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: WKD on 16 March 2002, 01:25

Title: MSN
Post by: WKD on 16 March 2002, 01:25

Microshite hacked into my computer the other day and reinstalled MSN to send them all my information deleted and undeleted including emails through MSN for data collection
found reference to Adrian5 on my system looks as if visual basics was used, never noticed before but there's a folder callend MSN50 is that supposed to be there even if MSN is not installed?

reformatted so hope the backdoor & trojans/virus have gone

Title: MSN
Post by: Master of Reality on 16 March 2002, 04:38

i dont have a folder called MSN50.
MSN sends microsoft information on you whenever you go to a microsoft (eg. hotmail) website.
Thats how it finds out if you got new e-mails.

But someone could easily install 1 registry key that would allow any website to get your information.

Title: MSN
Post by: Digital_Rage on 22 March 2002, 12:28

Umm.  Now as much as I hate Microshite WKD...  I kinda find it hard to believe that they hacked into your computer like you claim they did.  I know that just about every bloody program they have that is capable of using the internet sends some form of info or another across about you but for them to do something like that outright is unlikely.  At least the way you say it happened is unlikely.

And what Reg key is that Drauga that would allow this?  I haven't heard of this happening yet.  However if it's possible I'm sure someone would have done it by now.

Title: MSN
Post by: badkarma on 22 March 2002, 16:31

that MSN exploit has been mentioned in one or more posts here, one including a link to a register article which contained an example of the exploit.

Title: MSN
Post by: mskarl on 22 March 2002, 20:09

I'd just like to add how f-ing scary it is now days with all for M$ shitty programs taking over everyone!!!

Title: MSN
Post by: Calum on 22 March 2002, 20:32

aww who gives a shit?
Microsoft can only write programs that fuck up windows and screw over windows users, who cares. i use windows ocassionally, but none of the stuff i still use it for involves going on the internet, i'm happy to say (unless it's in an internet shop situation  :(  )
M$ have never (and won't ever) release any UNIX spyware, so who could care less? the herd will keep getting spied on, and they won't even care, and everybody else can just get on with it as per normal! Microsoft won't be doing this shit for much longer anyway, you can see the cracks already...

Title: MSN
Post by: Gooseberry Clock on 23 March 2002, 17:51

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