Is it easy to catch a virus or spy were in a chat room ? I think it happened 2 me.?
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Spyware is a program or technology that aids in gathering information about a person or organization, often without their knowledge, and includes programs like hijackers and keyloggers.\nYour computer may be running spyware or adware if you see pop-up advertisements on many web pages you visit, if your browser home page has been changed, or if your computer is unusually slow when you are online. \nIt is Yahoo!'s policy not to show pop-up advertisements on the Yahoo! network, although they may present you with a customer feedback survey in a pop-up format and you may see "floating ads" on some of their services. If you see pop-up advertisements in separate browser windows while you're on Yahoo!, you may have spyware or adware installed on your computer. \n\nThe best way to identify whether or not spyware or adware is installed on your computer is to run and regularly update anti-spyware programs, such as the anti-spyware feature of Yahoo! Toolbar. Similar to anti-virus software, anti-spyware software identifies and helps you remove spyware and adware.
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Someone almost downloaded a virus on my comp and i figured out who it was by looking at the time it was accessed (look at the history) but if you don't know who was on when look and see what else they did at that time like check their yahoo mail or other websites. Thats what i did.
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yes I use chat rooms every day love them most are great but alot of bot's to contend with is the only down side I can see.with ytunnle and other programs it can help to download them before you go to chat rooms to protect you and your pc
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In a chat room you can have a virus get on your computer if you click on anything. Most chat rooms nowadays (at least on Yahoo) are nothing but bots foisting porn sites, not really worth it.\nIronically Yahoo was OK when there were user rooms and groups of online friends could actually chat. Because of a big minor-related bust the user rooms got shut down.
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Well if you didn't find any keyloggers then it's not possible another thing... is download Spyware doctor from http://www.download.com\n\nand scan your pc if you found keyloggers/ Rats then it is possible that someone who injected those keyloggers and rats into your computer has got your password if any suspicous result not found THEN YOU ARE SAFE!
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It's called a small time hacker that figured out the Yahoo chat workings. Report it to Yahoo is all you can do.
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Last time that happened to me, it was a computer FULL of viruses. It was a computer that belonged to someone else - they had asked me for help. We took it to the computer tech, who said he had never seen so many virus hits on one computer.
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You need to have a good anti-virus program such as McAfee or Norton.  Also, a firewall to put a barrier between your computer and the Internet.  You can configure these programs so that you can do things like Chat and still keep viruses off.
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It must have been Spaware what u can do is scan your pc with Spybot (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/) or you can try Windows Defender from Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=435bfce7-da2b-4a6a-afa4-f7f14e605a0d&displaylang=en)\n\nYou have carry this activity with windows running in safe mode
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You always need Anti-virus software.  You might run into harmful spyware that invites viruses from other sources like websites, chat tools and download websites.  \n\nBut yes, Yahoo's built-in anti-virus is good.
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sounds like you have been violated by a hacker. a keyloger or trojen virus.
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If you are using a router it should have a log capability.  Log onto the router and check the log.\n\nIn addition the previous answer mentioned keyloggers and goggling.  However I suspect they would be detected by an antivirus.\n\nI would also suggest that you look for any thing spying on your machine.  Kids are pretty smart.
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I think is a virus or spyware
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In google search type spybuddy or buddyspy ( i m confused with that) download that s/w and you could see who is online ,hidden etc and also in what chat room they are.
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It's not a virus.  Geesh.  Everything that happens with computers these days is "OMG, it's a virus."  No, it's not.  It's the messenger "welcome" window.  You can go into your messenger preferences and there should be some check boxes.  Just customize it how you want it.  And if you want to wait til you are fully logged onto your computer before you open your messenger, check the box that says something like "wait til I log in before signing on" or if there's a checkmark in a box that says "log in automatically", take that check mark out of that box.
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You may have transfered a virus onto your computer
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Yes do not open anything from anyone you do not know. Even if you know them and they send it unexpectedly, ask them if it was really them that sent it.\nKeep your anti-virus up to date. I have mine update its self automatically every day while I eat breakfast.