Microsoft has decided to suspend the test release of MSN messenger 7 beta version citing some security concerns over one of its features. Just last week Microsoft released its new MSN beta messenger 7.0 for testing & user feedback. The security problem seems to be with the 'wink' feature, which allows the users to exchange flash based sound animations. This feature might enable potential hackers to send their own animation winks to users and cause a security threat. Microsoft has decided to postpone the release by a week, where the messenger will be tested without the 'wink' feature. But it has decided to club the wink feature in the final release, after cementing the hole in it.
There have been reports of leakage of the beta version in the web, though Microsoft still maintains that they had given access to the messenger for a small group for testing before the release. Still it is unclear as to how many people have downloaded the vulnerable messenger, which is reported to have moved quickly among users in the world.
According to reports the wink feature was aimed at 18 - 24 age group, where Microsoft is believed to have hired college graduates for the development of the feature. The group call themselves 'Three degrees'. They have been associated with Microsoft's development team from the year 2001.
The MSN messenger is the most popular chat client after Yahoo messenger and boasts of 135 million users per month, worldwide. Microsoft is making plans to release the final version by the first quarter of 2005.
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