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Yahoo! Messenger ActiveX flaw fixed
Yahoo! fixed a little flaw this week in Yahoo! Messenger for Windows that could have been used by hackers. The flaw was in the ActiveX control and allowed hackers to crash a chat session and Internet Explorer. Worse, it could have executed malicious code on the victim's machine. The initiation could have taken place if hackers prompted users to view HTML code that linked to a web site with malicious code.
Not to worry, though--Yahoo! has this "highly critical" bug all fixed, and is recommending that users who downloaded Yahoo! Messenger before November 2nd to install the new 8.1 update.
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Subscribe to commentszoobazzDec 19th 2006 10:13AM
Yeah.. that highly critical bug forces an install of all the Yahoo! extras that you don't want.
* yahoo messenger icon on the desktop
* yahoo is now your homepage
* yahoo toolbar is now installed and enabled
Thought it was so close to malware, I finally uninstalled it for good.
NanJan 24th 2007 7:54PM
I was in a yahoo chatroom last week and kept getting booted, so I downloaded the latest version of Messenger (8.1.0.209 Module 8.0.0.1) to see if that would help. Now I can't get into any of the chatrooms! They've also removed the chat button off the main screen - you have to go digging for it. They're "improving" themselves into oblivion.
JennFeb 22nd 2007 7:37PM
I am still getting booted......... and yahoo is going to lose alot of users ifnot fixed, I have friends it boots to.