Re: Who/what is logging in as me?

From: JW (anonymous_at_Nospam.Iam)
Date: 12/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 05:41:20 -0800

If you inadvertently log in to both Win Messenger and into MSN messenger you
can get this alert.
Another way is to have multiple users set up on your system and log into
messenger using the same ID from more than one user.

"Luki" <nospam@solnet.ch> wrote in message
news:cqp038$l2l$1@atlas.ip-plus.net...
> Michael Katz [MVP] wrote:
>> The issue could be related to you having had your account compromised, or
>> you may have Messenger loading in the background as a result of an
>> antivirus scanner. Norton Antivirus' Instant Messenger Scanning feature
>> forces msmsgs.exe to run in order to safeguard file transfers, leading to
>> that error message you encountered.
>>
>> If you have NAV installed and would like to disable Instant Messenger
>> Scanning from causing false warnings, simple double-click Norton's
>> desktop icon --> click "Options" --> go to the "Instant Messenger"
>> window, and uncheck the "MSN/Windows Messenger" box.
>>
>
> Thanks Michael. I have CA eTrust Antivirus installed here for quite some
> time(company PC). So that schouldn't be it. i changed the password now,
> let's see if it helps. though i would rather wanna know what happened.
> so if anyone has an idea how to figure out who or what logged in, let me
> know. maybe there's some kind of history available online?
>
> kind regards
> beat

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