I show that I am on secure sites when I multitask in Windows and back to Yahoo Mail and Answers...Im now receiving automated messages that combine information exchanged as "garble".....between several sites.
Please dont send me to a website...I dont know if this is a virus/spam happening exactly or not...I also was in Answers when "Man" was auto answering last weekend.
What can I do to fix the problem? I never link to a website when in Answers, so please advise?
2006-12-20 13:26:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
It is a combnation of yahoo mail, answers and my IM messages....
2006-12-20 13:54:09 · update #1
no you cant get viruis from mulittasking but you can get them from porn site and downloading things from site you know nothing about if you download make sure its from a company that you know like micrio soft apple sony and so on
2006-12-20 14:08:26 · answer #1 · answered by twilla l 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If your anti-virus scanner is both updated and good at detecting / cleaning viruses from your system, then you would know it. If you DON'T have an anti-virus scanner, you then are WIDE open for such nasties on the Internet; it's best you get one installed ASAP.
This "garble" you're seeing sounds like (but I may be mistaken) residual borlean code (used to protect PCs from viruses). If the garble is found in a strange e-mail from unknown persons, it may be spam best deleted.
2006-12-20 13:47:23 · answer #2 · answered by Hard Rocker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any time your system is connected to the Internet your system is open to Viruses! And there is no program written that can stop it.
The only way is to not go on the Internet or connect to another computer.
Your system is ALWAYS running multiple programs. The Operating System requires it.
Sounds as though you already have some form of Malware on your system!
Do you open mail from sites that you did not solicit?
That is a NO! NO!. You should delete all messages, without opening them, if you do not know the sender or you did not request the e-mail!
2006-12-20 13:34:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you clarify, where do you see these messages? seems like your talking about the messenger service.
2006-12-20 13:28:59 · answer #4 · answered by Michael Burns 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
looks like u got virus.
2006-12-20 13:30:06 · answer #5 · answered by Sagar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-12-20 13:28:01 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no
2006-12-20 13:33:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋