Viruses spread through email right?
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This is only part true.\n\nYes, email is one means of spreading viruses. If an email user opens an attachment to an email, this email may contain a virus spreading to parts of your computer or sending it to everyone on your contacts list so that they can open it.\n\nBut, viruses are also spread by downloading files that you think are safe, but are actually hiding malicious code which can spread a virus around as well.\n\nDon't worry about which email client you use, all of them are succeptible to viruses, even Yahoo. Just make sure that you have a good anti virus program on your system and that you do regular full system scans.\n\nI have listed some good anti virus programs below.
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Yes, scan for viruses all message before you open. Yahoo has got that facility.
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If you are talking about email that you receive on an account different to you Yahoo account, just press Forward and send them to your Yahoo account wothout opening them, than scan it on Yahoo. If it's safe then you can open it on your regular email client, and if it's infected just delete it.
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I suggest you once cleanup all you temp file from your browser's cache and also delete cookies and restar the computer.\nAll done now try to mail someone and send some attachments.\nmake sure your attachments are virus free.\ntry and tell.
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Yes, you can report them.\n\nSince they are in Africa, and the Governments in the countries the use are corrupt, there isn't much the legal authorities can do. \n\nWith these type of Emails the threat of Virus or other Malware isn't very high. They want your money, not to infect you computer.\n\nIf you have Yahoo Mail with the Address Block the simply copy their email address and add it to the block. When it bounces the next one, it will tell them your address doesn't exist anymore. If you don't have this in your Yahoo mail, then Outlook Express has a Bounce Back feature that works the same.
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i dont know but somebody might have hacked into your computer and got your password i recommend you to get another email address and tell everybody who emails you to email you to your new address  and also get any software that protects your computer and dont use the same password to prevent more hackers & viruses.
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For best advice, if you have a spam filter, send it there.  Do not open the email as this type often contains a virus.  Protect your PC and use common sense, never open an email unless you (a) know the sender or (b) it is from a reputable source.  Never check suspicious looking emails and certainly don't open any attatchments on them or it could be bye bye PC..\n\nHope this answers your question\n\nNigel..
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If you are using the free yahoo mail service, then every email that you send and receive is scanned by Norton antivirus. \nThere is no safety agains spam as of now, except that all the unsolicited email will be dropped off in your bulk mail folder.
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it looks like the email was parsing an executable file called love_lorn.kiss.ok.exe ... sounds like a virus!  i wouldn't download the attachment if I were you... sounds like a virus to me
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send them a virus thru there email lmao
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The emails are probably just going to your bulk/junk mail folder since they are to a mailing list. Be sure to check, and add the address to your safe list for future messages.
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You have a virus sending out emails! Follow the link here and scan your computer for free. It will find any virus your computer has.
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You can automatically check virus attack by adjusting your preferences in Antivirus software to automatically scan before opening the mails. For this u must have updated definitions of your signatures files of Anti-virus software. \n\nIf you download the virus depending on your AV software it will warn you OR if you have not kept proper security then it will enter your system and start its activity. It can harm files and spread to many areas depending on type of virus that attacked.\n\n1. If you are using pop e-mail accounts from your hosting provider then depending on hosting company your email will be automatically scan and safely reach to you.\n\n2. If you are using free web based mails to recieve emails then you need to have antivirus software installed on your system.\n\n3. Norton Antivirus perfomance wise is best but consumes more system resorces. While AVG free version is fast but does not catch all virus.\n\nThe above programs tells the virus details, type and its role in affecting types of files.\n\nHope this all things will help your virus worries!!
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Run a virus scan on your PC. But chances are, the virus that is causing all these emails to be sent (and the rejects to come back to you) is not on your PC. \n\nWhen a mass-mailing virus infects a PC, it scans the infected PC for any email addresses stored there in address books, documents, cached web pages, etc. It then randomly pairs up the found addresses to be the TO and the FROM addresses and generates all the bogus emails. So it's very possible that the infected machine is NOT your computer but instead belongs to someone who happens to have your email address stored in their computer.\n\nRun a virus scan, make sure your definitions are up to date, use all the common-sense security precautions all the time, and ignore any more of these emails you get. Sooner or later the owner of the infected PC will figure things out, fix their computer and the phantom Undeliverable (NDR) messages will stop.
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AIM itself does not cause viruses, but a lot of attackers are using it  (and any kind of IM) to transport the viruses they write. It's only recently that people have been able to send viruses over an IM, and many folks have outdated software on their computers that does not know how to protect against a virus that travels in IM. So if you use IM at all, you should upgrade to the newest version of whatever antivirus you use, and make sure you keep your pattern files/virus definitions updated regularly.
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its prolly the new image virus!\nif the email is unsolicited, then delete it
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The article follows. But if you have been receiving these emails: don't open; forward to your abuse@yahoo.com and categorize as spam.\n\nAlso, ensure your virus protector up to date.After you update it, run a COMPLETE scan just to be sure.\n\nAlso, you can set up your virus protection/filters not to allow the title and content of the email to get to your box but to be diverted immediately to SPAM and added to your BLOCK addresses.\n\n-------------------------------\nYahoo, world's most popular e-mail, hit by worm Tue Jun 13, 1:48 AM \n\nLAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news), the world's \nlargest provider of e-mail services, said on Monday that a software \nvirus aimed at Yahoo Mail users had infected "a very small fraction" \nof its base of more than 200 million accounts. \n\nThe e-mail virus, or worm, has been dubbed Yamanner and landed in \nYahoo mailboxes bearing the headline "New Graphic Site." Once \nopened, the message infects the computer and spreads to other users \nlisted in Yahoo users' e-mail address books, security experts said.\n\nThe e-mail containing the virus need only be opened -- in contrast \nto most worms that are hidden in attachments and require users to \ntake an additional step -- to release the virus, according to \ncomputer security site Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq:SYMC - news).\n\nThe Sunnyvale, California-based company advised users to update \nvirus and firewall software on their computers and to block any e-\nmail sent from the address " av3@...."\n\n"We have taken steps to resolve the issue and protect our users from \nfurther attacks of this worm," Yahoo spokeswoman Kelley Podboy said \nin a statement.\n\n"When we learn of e-mail abuse, such as a worm or other online \nthreat, we take appropriate action," she said. "(A) solution has \nbeen automatically distributed to all Yahoo Mail customers, and \nrequires no additional action on the part of the user."\n\nYamanner, first detected by Yahoo and major computer anti-virus \nsoftware makers earlier on Monday, was ranked as having a low threat \nlevel by Trend Micro Inc. (Nasdaq:TMIC - news) and McAfee Inc. \n(NYSE:MFE - news)\n\nBut Symantec considers the worm an "elevated threat," one step up \nfrom the lowest ranking in terms of relative danger.\n\nSymantec's Security Response site suggested Yahoo Mail users might \nprotect themselves by upgrading to the latest test version of the \nrecently upgraded Yahoo Mail software.\n\n"The worm cannot run on the newest version of Yahoo Mail Beta," \nSymantec's site said.\n\nA Yahoo spokesman was not immediately available to comment on \nwhether the company advised users to do this.\n\nThe worm exploits a vulnerability in Javascript technology used to \nmake the mail program easier to use by triggering embedded HTML \nscripts to run in the computer user's browser.\n\nThe e-mail addresses are also sent to a remote online computer \nserver, which may be used to run spam campaigns, experts said. The \ntechnical name of the worm goes by variants of " JS.Yamanner."