Canadian cousin in MSN virus on Mac shocker!

[MarcLister]

I have a cousin in the land of Canadia. Since ooh 5 weeks ago he's had a virus on MSN. His MSN will sign in and then a message window will pop up with a link to go to. I've never bothered with the link as it is pretty darned obvious the link is dodgy. Plus his account then signs him out.

Now I am fed up with my serene internet browsing being interrupted with this rubbish so I sent my cous a message on Facebook. He told me he is on a Mac laptop.

So seeing as I have 0% knowledge of Macs can any enlightened people suggest me some tips on how I can help cous Kyle rid himself of the shame of having a virus on a Mac. ;D

[leowyatt]

Is he running windows on the mac?

[MarcLister]

I have replied to his message asking him what Mac OS he is using. When he tells me what OS he is using, whether OSX/Windows I shall let ye know. :)

[Fayshun]

Block him.

:D

[leowyatt]

If it's OSX tell him to uninstall MSN messenger and get Adium :D

[Burble]

Ask him if it's possible that his MSN account is being used elsewhere. A colleague of mine was getting snotty emails from people telling her to stop sending those obviously dodgy links over MSN but she's a Mac user using Adium. It turned out that her account had been compromised.

[Desmo]

I had that from somebody on my list. It was their account being hijacked I think so not a virus as such.

[MarcLister]

Yeah I think he "signed" into a site that would tell him who had blocked him on MSN if he put his MSN username and password in.

I told him to change it and so far, so good but I haven't been able to speak to him so I can't be 100% sure.

[petemc]

If it's OSX tell him to uninstall MSN messenger and get Adium :D

+1. I like my women like my MSN clients. Pretty and customizable with cute little sounds that let me know when i've "signed on" ;)