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Reports of the sign-in errors 81000370 and 80072f0d seem to be on rise, so Jeff Wilkes (from MSN Support) has posted some possible solutions on his messenger support MSN Space. Feedback on these fixes has generally been really good, so go take a look if you can’t sign in!
Keane posted on the forums about another MSN Messenger worm doing the rounds. Labeled as Bropia.A by F-Secure, it spreads by sending itself as “Drunk_lol.pif”, “Webcam_004.pif”, “sexy_bedroom.pif”, “naked_party.pif” or “love_me.pif” to the users contacts. If you get a file transfer request with one of these files, do not accept it! Do not be fooled by the extension PIF being like GIF, it is definitely not an image.
F-Secure has a report on the worm.
It’s that time again, join Raja Abburi, MSN Messenger General Manager, and experts from the MSN Messenger team for a fun filled hour discussing MSN Messenger 7.0. The chat is scheculed for January 20, 2005 at 1PM Pacific time, that’s 5 hours from now, oops!
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Keane writes:
A new wiki called MSNPiki has been set up to eventually replace Hypothetic. Hypothetic is a great resource with great people, but it is extremely out of date, it’s time we moved to a more open system.
Thanks to Daniel for the hosting.
MacCentral reports about MSN Messenger for Mac:
Microsoft announced today that MSN Messenger for Mac 5.0 would be released in the first half of 2005, adding several new features. The new version will include improved security and the ability to add users listed in a company’s Global Address List (GAL) or corporate address book and it will enable users to view both personal and corporate messaging accounts from one location.
Check out the discussion on the forum, MSN Messenger for Mac announced and a screenshot made available.
