Well, it is a good thing the link to the virus/malware is still there. You know, just in case someone wants to test it out and see if it is a legitimate virus.
No reason to remove the offending post, or even just the link, right? Standing on ceremony is more important.
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, Mikeneeb@... wrote:
>
> My AVG program just blocked a threat when I clicked on the link, please be
> careful if you open it.
>
>
> In a message dated 1/13/2012 6:23:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> sandaidh@... writes:
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>
>
>
> From: "Dale S"
> > What are these posts? Are they deliberate or do you have a bug in your
> > computer?
> --------------------
>
> I'm betting she's been hacked. The 'bug' is likely spewing malware. Click
> on the link and you're infected. I've seen a bunch come across in just the
>
> past hour, and not all from Cindy.
>
> If this happens to you, all you need to do is change your password to your
> email account. That denies access to the hacker.
>
> I had this happen to me a short while ago, and a friend let me know that
> my
> Yahoo addy (which I keep as a backup, and for joining Yahoo Groups) was
> sending out malware. I checked my Yahoo inbox and found that some had been
> sent out *and* there were almost a dozen messages in my Drafts folder. All
> spam/malware. Thing is...I don't use my Drafts folder for anything, so I'm
> guessing the hacker (or bug) sends them out from there. It also makes me
> wonder if the bug/infaction may be in Yahoo's archives. Why? Most of the
> addys that first batch had been sent to were OLD email addys. So old that
> most of the posts bounced back with a Failure notice. Some of those email
> addys I haven't written to in over 10 years, and I don't have them in my
> contact list, nor do I have old posts from them in my Inbox.
>
> If you'll notice, almost all the email addys affected are Yahoo addys;
> although I'm seeing some from AOL.
>
> Sandaidh bean-fhigheadair a' bhreacain
> _sandaidh@..._ (mailto:sandaidh@...)
>
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