Any one here can explain to me how does yahoo email a/c get infected by virus and mails get automatically sent to addresses? I have this doubt as Yahoo email account is a web based account which is different from outlook so how does the virus attack work?
thanks for your advice.
2006-12-11 15:15:12 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
The account itself does not get infected.
However, your computer can get infected. The virus can then snarf any e-mail addresses it can find (including those in your Yahoo! contacts) and sends itself to them.
Also, once a worm exploited a vulnerability in Yahoo! mail and spread to other users when you just read the infected e-mail - but Yahoo! fixed the vulnerabiloity and killed the worm in a matter of hours.
2006-12-11 20:17:58 · answer #1 · answered by Vesselin Bontchev 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-23 01:13:42 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May be spams. I can give a few links that offer free virus and spyware removers...!You may be having a virus or spyware installed on your PC. Norton, AVG , Avast are free antivirus software. Ad-aware, Ewido are free spyware removers. You can download free softwares at
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2006-12-12 12:48:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
By spam, or emails with virus attachments that enter your computer if you open them.
2006-12-11 15:18:03 · answer #4 · answered by Trapped in a Box 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋