WARNING:- How to prevent ur msn being hacked.

[DeathWish]

Urban, you wanna laugh first or can I?

Basically, thanks for the info nightwish but what exactly were u trying to say? We make a direct connection to microsoft when we login? - No we don't... the connection would have to route over many different servers before it could reach a location such as Redmond from over here.

Even still, what exactly is wrong with making a connection to MS, you need it to actually login. Unless you have some mystical way of manipulating space and time or something.

The only thing you need to watch for in MSN security, is keyloggers, packet sniffers/proxies you didnt install urself and you usual suspects, trojans, viruses etc. In otherwords, get your IQ above 100 and you should be alright. Its when your MSN gets 'hacked' that you know its time to switch to AOL + AIM.

/Leo

isnt he saying it creates a direct connection when your sending a file...

 

[LeoCrasher]

DW, ever heard of netiquette? Good job I ain't on my PPC ¬¬

...and yes he was, but that still isn't true. The only time your likely to encounter a direct connection on the internet is between you and your ISP.

/Leo

 

[Demix]

you do make a direct(ish) connection to the person sending you the file... when someone next sends you a file netstat them and you will see... (or netstat -n)

 

[LeoCrasher]

Then your idea of 'direct' needs some serious rethinking.

On another note, netstat will only show you the destination, while your looking for the connection route. Which requires a different tool executable as; tracert <target>

/Leo

 

[urbanfox]

Urban, you wanna laugh first or can I?

I see some threads, and I go to post and I just tell myself forget it let them talk lol.

 

[wtf-this-time]

I was laughing the second I saw this guys grammar.

Obvious attempt to make people think he's cool letting them know he thinks he can haxx0rz MSN.

/Rick-tbh.

 

[LeoCrasher]

...No, its called being supportive. He thought there was a problem and told people about it. Unfortunately the people on here no as much about security as my cat knows about quantum physics, hence the success of ISP's such as AOL and BT. Therefore they believed what he said without question. Theres no need to critisize him for trying to help others. Its a damn sight more conscientious then most of you would manage.

/Leo