MSN Instant Messenger

For safety reasons, make sure that you do not have any information in your profile.

To do this,

Click on the arrow next to your name under "My Status".
Choose "personal Settings". You will see 6 tabs.
Choose "personal".
Here you can choose a nickname that others will see. Type this in the first section.
Make sure that your profile does not have any real information.
While you are on Instant Messenger under the Personal Tab, click on "Edit Profile".
If you have information there, it will show here.
If you see "create a MSN Nickname", then you do not have a profile set up. If it shows a profile, make sure that you are not giving out any personal information.
The next tab is "Phone". Make sure that you are not showing any personal information here at all.
Under "Privacy", you can customize your Instant Messenger by choosing to add people in either the "allow list" or the "block List".
Make sure that the "alert me when other users add me to their contact lists" is checked. This way you will receive an alert when someone adds you.