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August 24, 2005 at 12:24 pm #19581
beinghacked
MemberCan anyone check please if this id is faked or for real person
I am receiving tons of messeges from these id’s to my different id’s
desire_more_gp
desire_more_7n
desire_more-7ehow can i know if this is one person?
August 24, 2005 at 2:30 pm #128439amy_d_g
ParticipantIt’s not a virus, the names look like bots of some kind, porn-bots or spam-bots perhaps? What kind of messages do you get?
August 24, 2005 at 6:11 pm #128442beinghacked
MemberThe messeges to promote some sites , i think porn , not sure though.
One of them on yahoo the others are related to the id.
Is it ok to type them here , just let me know.
ThanksAugust 24, 2005 at 11:20 pm #128440Nessa
ParticipantIt’s better if you didn’t type them here, those are porn bots mainly everyone who joins a chat room receives them, so it’s better to just ignore them and not click on their links.
August 25, 2005 at 4:10 am #128443beinghacked
MemberI understand but problem is I’ve never been into chat rooms with these two Id’s.
It was a year since I got into a chat room and since then I ignored that Id which I used there!!August 25, 2005 at 11:43 am #128441__m3nt4l__
MemberYes, those ARE bot ID’s. Some spammers use scanners to scan for ID’s and then send their spam. You’re ID must have been a victim of whatever scanner they used. The best thing to do is, go to yahoo messenger preferrences > ignore list and select “ignore anyone who is not on my Messenger list”. That would stop unsolicited IM’s. And since you dont go to chatrooms, you’d obviously be chatting only with people on your friends list… so I guess you wont be requiring to recieve IM’s from non-friends…
August 25, 2005 at 3:36 pm #128438temptress984
Memberhow bout running spy sweeper ?when suspicious things happen to me ido that.
June 7, 2006 at 4:45 pm #128444kumari
MemberDear I will sugest you that you should you “yahoo tunnel pro” this will prevent you from not only booting but also to block unwanted id in chat rooms that flood chat room or send unwanted pms or try to post unusual messages in chat room viwers windows there are many other advantanges that help you in clean and fruitfull chatting in yahoo. So ues yahoo tunnel don’t bother about bots or virus just Enjoy !:D 😎 :new:
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