Monday, May 22, 2006

Security Alert: Yahoo Messenger Worm Installs Its Own Browser

Y!Messenger users beware! This new worm installs its own "Safety Browser" that enables all popups and disables all security settings of Internet Exporer. The worm (dubbed yhoo.explr) is the first documented worm that installs its own web browser without the users permission.

How to combat this threat? Just follow the tips I laid out in my previous security alerts and you'll be fine.

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