Thread: MSN worm woes

I have got this weird worm on my MSN Live Messenger. Apparently, when any of my contacts comes online, they get spam messages from me. I don't see these message from my end, nor does it ever kick me off the messenger as if I'm being logged in somewhere else. I have run several different spyware scans but none of them have helped fix this. I have tried changing my password and secret q uestion from a clean computer, and I have reinstalled updated versions of MSN Messenger several times. Nothing else on my computer seems to be affected. I have scanned my PC with some scanners that were bundled with Digit last month. I also updated them but this worm doesn't seem to be affected. I have tried using MSN Cleaner but nothing works.

Please help me solving this menace. I had freshly formatted my system before I got this problem. I am facing this problem for first time.

There is definitely some kind of worm on your system and the problem you are facing is common online. You should try some other antivirus applications to try and fix the problem. A temporary fix would be to stop using MSN Messenger and use a third-party MSN messenger client. Miranda and Pidgin are two free alternatives. In future, avoid clicking on suspicious links posted on instant messengers.