can I still get the original virus and ad ware check from Yahoo?
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I am not sure about Yahoo's version, but if you want an excellent adware and spyware program, get the personal version of Adaware from http://www.lavasoft.com.\n\nIt does not check for viruses. For that I would recommend McAfee or Norton
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I hope someone can help you! I opened this just to see if anyone had.  I called Yahoo about some virus alerts at 877-722-3755 & the guy was very helpful. It may depend on the issue you have. I asked about a number specificallly for Yahoo Q&A & was given 800-699-2466.  This was some time back, & in my copious notes, I've written a big red "NO" beside that number, so I guess it wasn't any help.  You could try the 877 number--who knows. If someone else answers, you may be lucky.
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get a virus scanner such as McAfee or Norton
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either goggle it or go to Microsoft security and enter it there to find the correct form of virus
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Yahoo in itself will not give you viruses, but beware of people that send files over im or try to get you to visit websites.  Also be sure that you have a good virus protection program and firewall.\n\nHere is another answer for the same question that answers it very succinctly
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I use AVG Anti-Virus, it's good & free. The Yahoo toolbar has a pop-up blocker that you can turn on. Also Ad-Aware from Lavasoft.
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ad-aware; virus test; erase histories on explorer; unsubscribe to junk mail
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You got adware Download adware removal from http://www.download.com
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You could do an online virus scan and be able to see it.  Then if do a Google search, you should be able to find a removal tool for that virus.....rather than pay someone to fix it (assuming that's what you were going to do. \n\n There are also forums on the internet giving free advice to those who download and then post a HijackThis log.   See here >>> http://www.webuser.co.uk/forums/postlist.php/Cat/0/Board/hijackthis\n\nOnline virus scanner >>>>  http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
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Type the virus name into Yahoo search bar and see if any removal info. comes up. If not, go to Norton.com and select the virus from the list  and see if any special removal aids are available.  Good Luck.
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Hi ..you can download: IE spellchecker, I put the link, below..\nwith all the information, you need...If you launch the program, you see it also in your browser!:) ..\nI use it myself, sometimes!:) ..\nStationary: I put a link, below..you can read it, their is no ad/spy/malware, in it! ..\nI use it to, it supported, "yahoo", as well!:) ..\nGood luck, enjoy;) ..\n\nKind regards!:) ..
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Way back in February, I had done a similar report and posted it on a forum which you can find at http://desiboard.us/bb/viewtopic.php?t=36018&\n\nMay be you need to register to view it, but it sure is soething very informative and on the point.\n\nOr may be you can get in touch with me on Yahoo. Get hold of me at surajsun_92[a]yahoo.com\n\nIt begins like ....\n\nFirst of all you should understand what types of threats are there on the net...\nWhile most users are aware of virus and worms threat, they usually overlook the other biggest threat ie the spywares.\n\nWhat are spywares ?\nSpywares are programs that get installed on your computer without your knowledge and collect data about your usage patterns like what sites you visit, what programs you run, even your personal details like age, gender and financial details too : all those things that can be useful for a marketing company to send you customized advertising. These programs send this data back to their websites where they are given to spammers and advertisers. All these things happen without the user's knowledge and that is the most ironical point of the story.\n\nCategories of spywares:\n\n>> Adwares:\nAdwares usually monitors your usage patterns and show you ads corresponding to them. Adwares are usually installed as freewares and it is quoted in their EULA (End User License Agreement) that the program will show relevant ads.\nMany of the adwares are freeware version of programs which are availible as paid versions. Examples of these programs : Opera, Divx, Download Accelerator Plus, Flashget etc. While these programs specifically tells the user that they can upgrade to their paid version if they dont want to get these advertisements but not every adware is like that.\n\n>> Browser Hijackers:\nThis is a broad category in which parasites like home page hijackers and search hijackers can be included.\n    >> Home page hijackers change the start page of the user's browser to some specific sites and some notorious of these are very difficult to remove.\n    >> Search hijackers change the search behaviour of the user's browser and when user searches for something on the Internet, these search sites give them the results.\n    \nUsually both of the hijackers stated above work on clickthrough systems. Here they are affiliates to other companies which give them money according to the hits they recieve through them. So, the ultimate goal of hijackers is to make the users click on the links through which they earn their revenue. As this is a difficult task, the program authors go extreme ways to achieve it and create difficult to remove parasites. Recent examples of such parasite are CoolWebSearch and AboutBlank.\n\n>> Dialers:\nDialers are programs that promise to make some "premium content" availible to the users by making calls through them. All their objective is to make the users dial the number which are usually long distance numbers of their affiliates.\n\n>> Tracking Cookies:\nCookies were meant to be used for customizing the websites according to the user's preferences. But marketing companies found another use of them. This useful feature is being abused by marketing companies by putting "third party cookies". Third party cookies means cookies stored by websites other than you are visiting - most often put through banners and ad rotators. These cookies can keep track of what sites you visit that contains their ads.........
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Try some spyware removal tool, like ad-aware (free) and perfom a full system scan.
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you will get the virus from that website
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Try this link:\nhttp://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=yahoo
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If you have it saved you can.  you can download a verison of \nadware free which works well (just type in adware in search)\nyou can also download spy-bot free
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Run complete virus scan, then run Spybot Search & Destroy and search for spyware (free to download if you don't have it). If that doesn't help try searching on Yahoo or Google using the search page you get redirected to.\n\n\nGood luck