Hi there!

Anybody receiving the "W32/Yaha" virus e-mails?? I'm receiving them daily on my hotmail account and I can't block the sender 'cause the e-mail add. is just "k"! The virus is automatically downloaded to my PC in order to view my mails offline...... all these viruses are with .scr, A screen saver that hacks into your PC..... any advice about this!

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google
search for

"w32 yaha virus"

read the first few link, symantec, sophos, mcafee etc.

there are plenty of good resources for checkup on virus definition, behavior, removal etc... get use to them.

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From what I've read that's a nasty one. Depending on what offline client your using you may already be infected, assuming your using message preview. Most of us are guilty of that. But that worm there comes equiped with its own SMTP server and the ability to shut down most AV software.

I forget where I just read about, just recently probably through DailyRot somewhere, but do like Mikop said so find your fix. Best of luck to you.

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I have found Sophos to have the most helpful virus database. Not that using other sources is bad either, Mikop's recommendation is a good one.

http://www.sophos.com/support/disin...yaharemove.html

By the way, there are 12 different versions of Yaha, from A to L...

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Hi guys!

Thanks for the posts..... can my PC be infected without me knowing it?? Actually, the Mcafee detects the virus since I recieve it & I delete it... it comes as a screen saver attachment and I don't open it..... could it be executed just with it being n my sys & w/o me double clicking the icon? Any ideas, please..

Thanks mikop, I'm browsing the search resluts now

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If you use Outlook it can be. Otherwise you're ok. Lesson: don't use Outlook.

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If you use Outlook it can be. Otherwise you're ok. Lesson: don't use Outlook.

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If you use Outlook it can be. Otherwise you're ok. Lesson: don't use Outlook.

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From what I read that worm and its variations write a registry entry that causes them to execute anytime you system runs any executable. You are better off without Outlook, mainly because alot of worms only target Outlook/OE. Really though, if its embedded in the message itself, then the preview function of almost any email client can allow it to run. This is far less common than the run of the mill virus attachments. This worm has 2 parts you need to nothing with the attachment portion yourself (in this case the .scr file). When the first portion runs it will take of the rest for you.

In general though, your ussually better of ditching Outlook and IE, and anything else you can that says MS on it. But at least scrap the use of Internet Explorer and any Outlook.

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Many virii (ok, about 99%) use security holes in IE and/or Outlook to infect your machine without your intervention. In fact, if you don't have Outlook it's very rare to find a virus that you can spread, they almost all use the Outlook address book to spread.

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