Spyware

By Ron Shank on April 11, 2006

MSN messenger users are seeing this message sent to people on thier contact list:

Hey, I get my MSN Names from http://www.IM-Names.com

Remove the malware with your favorite spyware killer (like Ad-aware)

If you have questions or comments you are welcome to leave them in the comments section.

Ron’s Note: Good fix from Dave below:

Dave Says:
May 22nd, 2006 at 8:08 am eThis worked for me!
first open WINDOWS TASK MANAGER (ctrl+alt+del) then click on PROCESSES. now look for something called ‘IM-svr.exe‘ click on it then then END PROCESS.
now goto ur program files folder and delete IM-names folder

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StephY
August 31, 2006 at 4:48 pm | Permalink
Thanks dave,
Your advice really helped
Yusuf
March 9, 2007 at 12:25 pm | Permalink
Same here, many thanks Dave for the quick fix.
Cool Guy
March 11, 2007 at 4:13 pm | Permalink
Good lookin out, thanks for the help.
Kerrie -ann
October 30, 2007 at 2:28 pm | Permalink
thanks it worked
thanks dave!
November 25, 2007 at 6:43 am | Permalink
Thanks Dave! You’ve been a gr8 helper
Danthe
May 30, 2008 at 12:12 pm | Permalink
Where do i find the program files folder please ,, becasue i went onto add and remove programs and it wasnt there ! ?
Thnks
Ron Shank
May 30, 2008 at 12:28 pm | Permalink
Another helpful program is C Cleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com).