New MSN Messenger Virus

If you use the popular software MSN Messenger and think you might be cheating Microsoft by getting a sneak peak of MSN Messenger Version 8, in the end you will not be the one laughing.

The F-secure computer security firm has warned that the Virkel virus is making its rounds through Microsoft MSN Messenger users who believe they are going to install Msn Messenger Version 8. However, there is no MSN Messenger Version 8 that exists, and instead clicking the link will only cause the virus to be installed.

After the virus is installed, stated computer security experts, it will send emails to all of the people in the infected person’s contact list telling them where they can download their own copy to install. The virus is contained within the file Beta8webinstall.exe. The next version of MSN Messenger is not called version 8, but instead entitled “Windows Live Messenger”.