Thanks Lenny. I have E Trust Antivirus. I appreciate your suggestions. Some of them are over my head, but I'll see what I can do. In the meantime, if anyone else has had experience with my specific problem, i.e. dungcoi_vb, I'd appreciate more specific advice.
--- In [email protected], "LNVTM1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sounds like you might have a YM related virus or other malware. If you've > ever clicked on a link sent by someone via YM, there is a likely chance > you've been infected. Whenever someone supposedly sends you a link to > click, send them an IM and ask them if they actually sent you the link and > what it is. This is how many YM related malware is spread. People don't > even realize they have something and their YM is sending out these links and > messages to everyone on their friends list and also using their YM as part > of zombie bot-net sending out IM's to everyone else on the internet. If you > did get a virus or trojan, then it has likely spread itself to other > sections of your computer and is trying to log YM back on so it can do it's > misdeeds. > > Whenever anyone gets an IM that is blank or has some garbled text, they > should report the IM as spam. Do not reply to these spam-bot IM's and NEVER > click on a link from an IM until you have verified the sender actually sent > it. > > Which antivirus, firewall, antispyware, etc. do you run? Spybot is a good > program but it's limited to what it can find and fix. You should boot into > safe mode and run your antivirus and other programs like Adaware, Spybot, a > good anti spyware like Spy Sweeper or CounterSpy (two that use or have > used). Then uninstall YM and run all of the cleanup programs again in safe > mode. You should also run HijackThis and post the log in one of the many > computer security forums for diagnosis. Here is my post about how to > uninstall and clean out all old traces of a regular YM install but even if > you do this, if you have a trojan, it may have embedded itself into other > dll's or files on your computer. > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Yahoo_Messenger/message/5220 > > Here is a good forum that I occasionally use when I suspect something might > not be right with one of my computers and I can't figure it out myself. > http://www.castlecops.com/forums.html They also have an entire thread of > steps to be taken to clean a computer of malware so look for it in the > pinned topics section. > > Lenny Vasbinder 504-621-1870 > > FREE and automatic online remote backup of your documents, photos and > files... https://mozy.com/?ref=SY4ZSI Check out how simple and secure it > can be to use the Mozy remote backup system. Mozy will back up your most > important files and folders every day/night while you aren't using your > computer. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of karlcundiff > Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 12:10 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Y!M] dungcoi_vb > > I've got the current 8.1 yahoo messenger. It used to work fine until the > other day. Now, all of a sudden, if i'm not running it, it pops up every 5 > minutes for me to log on. A concurrent problem is blank offline messages > from one dungcoi_vb, as soon as I do log on, with a request to be added as a > buddy. I've got him on my ignore list, to no avail. I've googled this > problem, and there only seem to be two suggestions. 1) just put him on > ignore. (been there, done that...doen't work) and 2) buy some good antivirus > software. Gee, thanks. I have one, and I've also run spybot. > > I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling YM 8.1. Same problem. > I'm not the only one with this problem...it seems to have been out there for > several months...maybe only a few people have it...there is some Asian > person with a dungcoi_vb ID...i've seen his messages on some discussion > site...but it's not in English...i've sent him a message saying WTF? No > response. Even tried adding him as a buddy, but it times out or something. > > Anybody got any other ideas? > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.19/1106 - Release Date: 11/2/2007 > 9:46 PM >
