read the small print

[waider]

I got an IM this morning from someone I've not talked to in a long time. It was a url for what appears to be a photo-sharing site. I say "appears to be" as the first thing it wanted me to do was give it my MSN username and password to log in, and it's not a Microsoft site, so I declined and opted to read their T's & C's instead.

Which explains why I got the IM in the first place:

We may temporarily access your MSN account to do a combination of the following:
1. Send Instant Messages to your friends promoting this site.
2. Introduce new entertaining sites to your friends via Instant Messages.

I am very much NOT going to link to the site, I will just point out that it's "myfriendz.info" and leave you explore if you see fit. Don't log in, though.

Comments

[mskala.livejournal.com]

Facebook tolerated such things for too long, and that gave people the idea it was an okay thing to do in general.

[(Anonymous)]

I logged-in...is there something I can do to stop the messages they are sending through my MSN?

How to stop it...

[(Anonymous)]

Have you tried changing your MSN password?

[waidesworld.livejournal.com]

It seems that some of the old hacks are happening again. My work computer got hit which I surfed to a ASP type website. Weird though considering I was on all work related sites yesterday...unlike now ;)