Intuition proves out!

[ostarella]

Just got an email from Yahoo concerning Yahoo Messenger and that virus that destroyed my other computer. I haven't reinstalled it because I wasn't sure if my account/files/whatever might still be 'dangerous' - turns out I was right. The tech person said there was no guarantee that I couldn't infect my new machine by reinstalling YIM - so he suggested using "Yahoo Messenger on the Web" - not as many bells and whistles but I can chat with people just the same as with YIM. Which suits me just fine. So I'll be signing up for that instead.

Just goes to show - sometimes being dumb about techno stuff leads one down the right path anyway. :D

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[beckyblack]

I am so over the whole IM thing. I think MSN messenger is on my PC cos it just comes as standard with Windows, but I've never started it up. I doubt my MSN/Hotmail login even works any more, assuming I still know the password, which I don't!

Yeah, I'd use an all online service where I don't have to install anything for sure. And the fewer bells and whistles the harder it is for something dodgy to be going on.

But I'm all about the Twitter now. You gotta start Tweeting. It's fun! Entirely pointless, but fun.