Security risk in Windows Live Messenger


Posted by the andyman on 12 Jul 2006 (4171 views)
Do you save your password within Windows Live Messenger so that you don't have to enter it every time you want to sign in? Well if you do, you probably shouldn't!

Over at Fanatic Live, Doggie, TheSteve and Psyko have discovered that with only a few lines of code a hacker could gain access to any passwords saved through/for Windows Live Messenger. This can be done due to a problem in the way that Messenger stores your password - everything is stored in plain (unencrypted) text!

Find out how you can access your passwords (on your local computer only) in this thread at the Fanatic Live forums.

Source: Fanatic Live
Thread (including code) at Fanatic Live forums
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Comment by Stephen
Posted on Wed 28 Mar 2007 (00:26 GMT)
I would love to find out how the code works and what code it is. I am obviously a novice so if you have the time walk me through the process


Comment by tole_punx@hotmail.com
Posted on Fri 10 Nov 2006 (06:53 GMT)
ku je tole

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