Y! Messenger Worm Installs It’s Own Browser

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Y! Messenger Worm Installs It’s Own Browser

Postby Silverhaze on Tue May 23, 2006 10:36 am

A self-propagating worm, named yhoo32.explr, installs a piece of software called ‘Safety Browser’ and then hijacks the Internet Explorer homepage, leading users to a site that puts spyware on their PCs.

Because Safety Browser uses the Internet Explorer icon to identify itself, users can easily mistake it for the legitimate Microsoft browser.


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Sneaky, but I cant find any information on Firefox and since I dont personally use Yahoo messenger it doesnt really affect me.
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Postby adidas on Wed May 24, 2006 11:22 pm

MSN>yahoo
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Postby Class316 on Thu May 25, 2006 2:12 am

MSN has no chat rooms though.
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Postby adidas on Thu May 25, 2006 2:36 am

yeah they do, you just have to subscribe now... it costs $

But have you been to Yahoo chat anytime in the last .... four years? Bots galore, and stupid people abound.
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Postby Class316 on Thu May 25, 2006 5:32 am

yea so many bots :?

They were actually good when users were able to make rooms.

But either way will never pay for chat rooms
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Postby Silverhaze on Thu May 25, 2006 9:50 am

I used to love the Yahoo Fight Rooms back in the day!! Hilarious stuff.
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