I have SBC as my internet provider for my DSL connection and though my phone company (which is actually the New AT & T) is pretty good, they are paired up with Yahoo and so my service is "co-branded" and there are a lot of options to install Yahoo software.
But I learned long ago that Yahoo has a way of hiding very strange things in their software and this they have been doing for a long time. Our computer at work became infected with some nasty Yahoo based software a few months ago and it took me an entire afternoon to get the crap off that computer.
So I do not touch any of the Yahoo stuff that is out there.
And for good reason.
Now it seems that the instant message client has become infected with some very nasty spyware and adware that totally hijacks the internet settings of a person's computer.
I have warned people about this stuff before and I am doing it again now.
I repeat....STAY AWAY FROM YAHOO SOFTWARE AT ALL COSTS...or have a fun time getting the crap off your system.
And no..I will not help people with this stuff.
Click the link below for one article which talks about this latest menace affecting quite a few people:
InformationWeek Worm Virus Yahoo IM Worm Hijacks Browsers, Plays Migraine Music May 22, 2006
Arrg.....
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