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  • January 5, 2016
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LoopyLinda
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Can anyone tell me whether Messenger has any virus issues, I had heard something about Msm some time ago but don't exactly know what it refered to; also whether Skype is safe to use.
 
My friend uses a hotmail/Messenger account and had Skyped me the other night, when we finished I had a message informing that I had two threats on my system!  
 
Webroot was able to erase these for me (thank you Webroot) but it's a bit worrying that I might get infected everytime I use Skype.

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Ssherjj
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  • January 5, 2016
Hello LoopyLinda,
 
My advice would be to make sure you have the latest Sype /updates as shown here by ?
 
https://community.webroot.com/t5/Techie/Skype-7-17-0-105/m-p/232492
 
As for Microsoft Messenger ...have a look here https://www.microsoft.com/security/pc-security/antivirus-im.aspx
 
And here from Skype  http://www.skype.com/en/security/
 
 
Hope this helps?