this email said my emails were sending out a worm virus when i sent and asked me to download their attachment.Needless to say i didn't but was this attachment itself a virus.Has anyone else heard of them. itried to google it and couldn't find anything useful.
2006-10-27 10:00:52 · 5 answers · asked by Bookworm 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
You did the right thing. Yahoo have a security feature when, if your pc is trying to send out stuff like that, you'll get a page saying 'error 999' when you try to log in to your e-mail.
If there was a worm on your pc it would be unusable. The worm would multiply until it had filled your hard drive. It would gradually slow down and finally seize up. A woem doubles with every key press so you have one, then 4, then 8 and so on. Thats how they work.
Just make sure you have a firewall, an anti virus, and some anti spyware on your pc and update and run them every week.
he Windows firewall doesn't stop malware on your pc from dialling out. Zone Alarm firewall is free for personal use and stops unwanted incoming and outgoing traffic. You choose which programs are allowed to access the internet. It's fairly easy to use and updated regularly.
http://www.zonelabs.com Zone Alarm firewall
Shields Up security site;
https://www.grc.com - check your firewall works
http://www.grc.com/optout.htm - grc anti spyware program and info.
http://www.mozilla.com/ Firefox web browser
http://www.opera.com/ Opera web browser
Instal both these web browsers, turn off javascript on one and use that browser for vising unknown websites. They don't support Active X so thats one less way for problems to get on your pc.
Winpatrol is a handy utility that tracks cookies on your pc and stops unwanted changes to your startup folder.
http://www.winpatrol.com
Spywareblaster works with Internet Explorer and Firefox. It won't uninstall spyware that is already on your pc, but it will prevent hijacks and other malicious changes to your browser.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com
http://www.siteadvisor.com -Site Advisor warns about malware on sites you are about to visit.
http://www.avast.com - Avast Antivirus
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/1 AVG anti virus
http://www.ewido.net - AVG(Ewido) anti trojan.
http://www.lavasoft.com - Ad-Aware SE Personal anti adware
http://www.safer-networking.org - Spybot Search and Destroy anti spyware
http://spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm - The Spyware Warrior site identifies fake anti spyware programs.
http://www.bitdefender.com -BitDefender can be used as a second, on demand anti virus.
http://www.ccleaner.com Cr*pcleaner Registry cleaner and privacy tool
http://www.mailwasher.net/ -spam filter
2006-10-27 10:14:04 · answer #1 · answered by sarah c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No i did not get this digital mail and it really is surly a primitive way from an newbie Hacker to have your password. be conscious that yahoo (as an digital mail service) is dedicated by technique of regulation to save and save all the consumers files (notwithstanding it really is ideal or not ) and reduce back it up. From yet another hand each and each and every time we log in yahoo, we deliver ( by the log type ) to yahoo files base our PW and digital mail address which captured and compared with the guidance which yahoo has and fewer than his administration. If for notwithstanding reason yahoo has lost this information (your digital mail and password), you is in basic terms unable to log in P&S and submit this question :-) Be save
2016-12-05 07:21:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like it was a virus cos i had the same thing on monday .an email saying that one of my emails contained some virus shouldnt have opened it cos it has cost me a new hard drive be careful,opening emails from people you dont know
2006-10-27 10:06:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it was. Yahoo nor Microsoft send you emails like this.
2006-10-27 10:03:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the E-mail was a con to get you to down their program then charge you to take it off with their software. Never open E-mails, if you do not recognize the sender..........good job.... ;)
2006-10-27 10:11:09 · answer #5 · answered by djjoecruz 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋