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Yahoo Messenger worm turns on IE
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| 21 May 2006
| Clement James
Posted on 05/21/2006 6:32:25 PM PDT by gondramB
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>>"This is the first instance of a complete web browser hijack without the user's awareness. <<
A new type and level of threat - IMs are used more and more by non-techies.
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posted on
05/21/2006 6:32:26 PM PDT
by
gondramB
To: gondramB
So what do you do if you use Yahoo Messenger? Never let it boot again? Is there some remedy?
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posted on
05/21/2006 6:36:23 PM PDT
by
formercalifornian
(One nation, under whatever popular fad comes to mind at the moment, indivisible...)
To: formercalifornian
>>So what do you do if you use Yahoo Messenger? Never let it boot again? Is there some remedy?<<
I'm looking into that - this is a discussion on the topic on slashdot - if nothing else there will surely be a fix from Yahoo.
http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/05/21/132211.shtml
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posted on
05/21/2006 6:38:46 PM PDT
by
gondramB
(He who angers you, in part, controls you. But he may not enjoy what the rest of you does about it.)
To: gondramB
If this sort of thing were classified as a capital offense that upon conviction, carried a mandatory death sentence without any optional sentencing possible by the judge, you would see a dramatic decrease in hacking and other sorts of computer tampering.
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posted on
05/21/2006 6:39:03 PM PDT
by
mkjessup
(The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
To: gondramB
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posted on
05/21/2006 6:39:24 PM PDT
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
To: formercalifornian
>>So what do you do if you use Yahoo Messenger? Never let it boot again? Is there some remedy?<<
As a somewhat related issue, I would suggest using Firefox instead IE. It is safer and has many plugins to block ads, download entire sites, spellcheck and enlarge the text of any page.
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
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posted on
05/21/2006 6:44:19 PM PDT
by
gondramB
(He who angers you, in part, controls you. But he may not enjoy what the rest of you does about it.)
To: mkjessup
carried a mandatory death sentence without any optional sentencing possible Come on. We don't have the b@lls to put down the gang-bangers, drug-peddlers, rapists and child molesters...
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posted on
05/21/2006 6:47:18 PM PDT
by
AbeKrieger
(A country without secure borders will not long be a country.)
To: AbeKrieger
carried a mandatory death sentence without any optional sentencing possible
Come on. We don't have the b@lls to put down the gang-bangers, drug-peddlers, rapists and child molesters...
Hey, we gotta start somewhere.
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posted on
05/21/2006 6:54:02 PM PDT
by
mkjessup
(The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
To: gondramB
So if you don't use Yahoo Messenger you are OK?
To: perfect stranger
>>So if you don't use Yahoo Messenger you are OK?<<
Yes. As I understand it this is a threat only to Yahoo messenger users.
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posted on
05/21/2006 7:07:24 PM PDT
by
gondramB
(He who angers you, in part, controls you. But he may not enjoy what the rest of you does about it.)
To: gondramB
To: gondramB
BTTT for future reading....
To: formercalifornian
Sure, switch to firefox.
www.firefox.com
ie is such garbage.
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posted on
05/21/2006 7:16:04 PM PDT
by
seppel
To: gondramB
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posted on
05/21/2006 7:16:54 PM PDT
by
seppel
To: gondramB
The self-propagating worm spreads the infection to all contacts in Yahoo! Messenger by sending a website link that loads a command file onto the user's PC and installs Safety Browser. Can't they just shut down that website?
To: gondramB
I hate to say it but anyone using IMs are asking for trouble
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posted on
05/21/2006 7:18:55 PM PDT
by
UB355
(Slower Traffic Keep Right)
To: gondramB
Really feel sorry for you suckers using Windose... never learn anything?
Guess u get what u pay for... hehe
Its the price for sucking all the foul vapor that comes out of Mafiasoft rear end.
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posted on
05/21/2006 7:18:58 PM PDT
by
observer5
("Better violate the rights of a few, than of all!)
To: Always Right
>>Can't they just shut down that website?<<
The spyware browser, "Safety Browser" is not in itself ilegal if it is installed with consent.
It may need to be shown that the web site is connected with the worm by a money trail etc. Even then, the worm apparently asks the user to download it...
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posted on
05/21/2006 7:24:24 PM PDT
by
gondramB
(He who angers you, in part, controls you. But he may not enjoy what the rest of you does about it.)
To: El Gran Salseron; bitt
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posted on
05/21/2006 7:26:30 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: formercalifornian
So what do you do if you use Yahoo Messenger? Never let it boot again? Is there some remedy? Very simple answer. Use one computer for Yahoo Messenger and all the other stuff for fun but that you could really care less about. Then, if you get the virus, swamp in a new hard drive and start over.
Never under any circumstances use YM on a computer with sensitive information. For that matter, do not browse the net with the same computer. Have two computeres. They are cheap enough these days.
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posted on
05/21/2006 7:29:13 PM PDT
by
BJungNan
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