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 Feb 15 2005, 08:06 PM
I have just had about 5 contacts send me a link in about 2 minutes and then their computer crash right afterwards. Im not positive if it is a virus, but the file extention tells me it is. http://*****/g.geurts1/handcuffs.pif Be cautious around these files, they may be harmful to your computer, so ask before you click! Ive heard that it is an automated program that send out the links through your buddylist and then crashes your computer. Moderator Edit: Link Masked to prevent damage to users, or users who will use it for harming people. This post has been edited by Dooga: Feb 25 2005, 08:08 PM 
 
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Feb 15 2005, 08:41 PM
appreciate the heads up. how does it work at what versions does it effect/spawn from? it is a security hole in the msn7.0 beta? and does it affect the older ones?
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Feb 15 2005, 08:51 PM
not sure, from what i see just anyone who clicked on it, sent it to everyone on their buddylist, and then crashed. One solution is you can use system restore, that seems to work well. and it worked on msn 7 and msn 6.
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#5
Feb 15 2005, 09:33 PM
Guys I get these emails all the time with the '.pif' extension. These are deadly files. I dont even know where .pif came from or even what its really for. So juts stay away from it. 
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Feb 16 2005, 05:16 AM
Wait a minute, so the link only being sent via msn??? Or it could also to any messenger, and possibly email? In that case, you should change the name of the topic... Btw, thank you very much for the information, really helps me. Hope that it won't happen to me...
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Feb 17 2005, 11:32 AM
w00t I have that file somewhere :\ I'll delete it right away, thanks for info...
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Feb 17 2005, 12:00 PM
Could this infect you through the MSN messenger function of trillian? or is this just the browser program? Because .pif is an image format(IIRC) and ive gotten a lot of links to that or similar files, and i was worried if it worked through trilian since one of my computer non-literate parents might click it 
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Feb 17 2005, 12:07 PM
QUOTE(CodeName_88 @ Feb 17 2005, 07:00 AM) Could this infect you through the MSN messenger function of trillian? or is this just the browser program? Because .pif is an image format(IIRC) and ive gotten a lot of links to that or similar files, and i was worried if it worked through trilian since one of my computer non-literate parents might click it [right][snapback]51437[/snapback][/right] Image format? It's a format that is non-windows but lets windows run it or osmething like that. I think you're thinking .pdf, whcih is an image format.
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#10
Feb 17 2005, 06:54 PM
Im not sure if it effects the trillian contacts, but it will crash your computer on anything you use, and if you click the link on this page it will do it, i might test it on one of my older computers that i dont use to see what it does.
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