Microsoft Abruptly Pulls MSN Messenger 7.0 Beta

So much for all of the security training...

Citing a security hole in one of MSN Messenger 7.0’s new features, Microsoft suspended the product’s beta version this week, according to various reports, so it can rethink how to implement the feature. MSN Messenger 7.0 includes a feature called Winks that lets MSN Messenger users send each other animated graphics and sounds.

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Thursday, December 23, 2004: update - Garret points out this is an old article. Thanks mate!

Comments

[Nicole Simon]

Sounds? :o))

[Garrett Fitzgerald]

That's actually a 2-month-old article. I've been using Messenger 7 for a few weeks now, including today, without any indication that I needed to downgrade.