Re: connecting to storage.msn.com=spyware?

From: S. Pidgorny (slavickp_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/24/05 

Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 19:58:17 +1000

I've just conducted an experiment. I've searched Web for "storage.msn.com"
(using MSN Search) and got exactly one search result. When I tried to access
the result, I got a legitimate Passport login prompt from the system.

Might be legit, called by something like embedded picture or so. 

-- 
Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE
-= F1 is the key =-
"Donna Buenaventura [MVP]" <dbuenaventura@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:uCInpcE2FHA.4032@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> You can verify whether you got spyware by running an antispyware scanner,
> get Microsoft AntiSpyware from http://www.microsoft.com/spyware
> Update the program after installation then run a full system scan.  You
> should also use run a scan using your uptodate antivirus.  Not all
antivirus
> can detect trojans. You might want to run anti-trojan scanner (e.g. ewido
by
> http://www.ewido.net or a-squared by http://www.emsisoft.com)
>
> Verify that the Messenger Service is disabled.  Start>Run>type
SERVICES.MSC
> then hit OK.  Look for Messenger Service in the list of services and
verify
> that it is disabled.  Note:  The Messenger Service is not the instant
> messenger application's MSN Messenger, Windows Messenger, Yahoo Messenger,
> AOL Instant Messenger etc.
>
> If you are using the service of MSN Storage, try to sign-in into your MSN
> account then look for any settings that you can adjust to stop it from
> automatically signing-in.
>
> Regards,
> Donna Buenaventura
>
> "agasuka" <agasuka@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4AC9D520-A13E-4DDA-9C52-2896AF7910C4@microsoft.com...
> Recently a net passport sign in box titled "connecting to storage.msn.com"
> keeps poping up. It looks exactly like a msn messenger sign in box.
>
> I suspect it to be a fake net passport sign in, because I looked up on the
> internet (including microsoft.com and msn.com), and I could not find
> anything
> directly related to "storage.msn.com".
>
> 1. Is "connecting to storage.msn.com" a fraud/spyware?
>
> 2. How can I stop this sign in window from popping up?
>
> Thanks.
>
>

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