Does Yahoo screen my incoming mail for virus?
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You  have to install a virus software....!I can give a few links that offer free virus and spyware removers...!You may be having a virus or spyware installed on your PC. Norton, AVG , Avast are free antivirus software. Ad-aware, Ewido are free spyware removers. You can download free softwares at\nhttp://fixit.in/antivirus.html and http://fixit.in/spywareremover.html
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I don't use yahoo mail so I don't know about that.  But images(gif,jpg,bmp,tif,etc) can't contain viruses.
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It's because your email has alot of activity. It's a security thing. Sometimes it's just checking your capabilities or trying to minimize spam. who knows? Have you asked Yahoo?
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It is a virus. It comes with an attachment that tells you to look at the full text by clicking on the attachment? You click it and you don't have a good antivirus program that stripped the virus and you will get it. Just delete the email and eventually who ever has the virus will find out and fix his/her computer. I had the same problem for several days and recieved probably 50-100 emails telling me everything from free sex to my long lost buddy found me.
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Its unofficial for an Anti virus company to send you an e-mail indicating that you need to install their attached file, to clean the viruses presented in your computer.\n\nFor the good sake, do not even read any e-mail with or without attachment which says about virus issues. They are the virus spreaders.\n\nFor example: Symantec the most largest anti virus corporation which Yahoo too has subscribed will not send e-mail to receipent informing them to install anti virus software. So the best choice is to delete them forever.\n\nIf you do not have an anti virus software I recommend that you install Symantec Norton Antivirus from thier site at http://www.symantec.com\n\nBYE
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Report as spam and probly not open alot of those emails like that are acctually virus that when you open them attack your computer
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Yes, unless your mail ends up being filtered as spam for some reason.  That is getting more and more likely.\n\nAnd you need to be aware that Yahoo! mail is often messed up -- the servers just can't seem to keep up -- and there may be a delay of up to a few days in delivering or receiving mail when sent from or to a Yahoo! address.\n\nSo, patience is called for!
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if you have yahoo mail there is a sent folder
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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."
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Yes, they do have the ability to monitor the contents of your e-mail (it *is* their servers).  Look at the Privacy Policy located at the bottom of every Yahoo Mail page.
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Yes, Yahoo's anti-virus protection will only scan attachments that are emailed to you. You have the option of purchasing an anti-virus application from numerous vendors. Which application is the "best one" is a subjective question.\n\nIf you want a free (legally free) AV software, check out AVG Free.
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No, yahoo mail is server based and all data is kept and deleted there not on your computer. To make you computer use safer make sure cookies are turned off and don't save password.
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Yahoo mail generally does not get "hacked"  Odds are like 1 in a billion.  Bet someone you know had your password.  Possible someone insecure???
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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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sorry but you need to to the IP and onley your mail server has it and it is in high security levels\n\nif you have the ip you can trace it
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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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You should not be able to pass virues with Yahoo email.  yahoo has it's own virus protection and checks attachment before you are allowed to download them into your computer.