The test is a significant step in the release process for MSN Messenger, which has 135 million active users per month. Microsoft announced the limited beta of MSN Messenger 7 last week. However, the potentially vulnerable instant messaging client has popped up elsewhere on the Web.
The software had not officially been released to testers and only a small group of people was given access to the download, according to Microsoft.
It is unclear how many people downloaded the potentially vulnerable version of MSN Messenger. Although winks will no longer be in this test version of MSN Messenger, Microsoft still plans to include the feature in the final version of the product, she said. However, Microsoft is investigating the possibility that the feature may be exploited to send "rogue winks that could cause security issues," the spokeswoman said.
The test version of MSN Messenger 7 was designed to allow only approved animations to be sent.
It will make available a new version of the client, one without the winks feature, probably sometime next week, the spokeswoman said. The company has decided to put the test on hold and pull the software while it looks into the issue.
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