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Yahoo! Messenger
I have the most updated version of Yahoo! Messenger if that helps with this problem. But anways, tonight I got on YIM and I went into a chat room and I was talking to people on there. Then all of a sudden all these Messege widnows popped up otu of nowhere over and over again. It was sent by sn's that were simliar to each other (my guess is that they're bots) and the screen said "This is War" and then it finally kicked me off of my account. So I signed on in my other screen name and the same thing happened over again. Does anyone know what that is and why it's happening?
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It's not a virus, lol. Its called a booter. Sometimes when you go in Yahoo chat rooms there are booters in there and if you piss them off, they have programs that they plug your username into and itll send you a bunch of messages that will freeze your computer and eventually boot you. i used to do that a while back, you can get booters, or see what they are at darkyahoo.com
It wont harm your computer, its just basically to piss you off. So dont worry about viruses or anything. Just change your sn so that they dnt know it. I mean they could be sending you a virus, but its doubtful.
Yahoo isnt very safe, and yahoo chat rooms are horrible, and they have all sorts of problems - I wouldnt bother with yahoo, heh.
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Ehh. Well if you changed your sn they might be in your computer.. I had that happen to me and when I changed my sn I went into settings and under privacy settings, or ignore (im not sure which), theres an option to ignore everyone who isnt on your buddylist. That should prevent you from getting the booting messages.
If you notice anything weird about your computer like.. your mouse moving on its own, or things being deleted without you doing it.. then I'd get a very strong virus protection and firewall - and put it up like.. zonealarm, and leave it on all the time with the strongest level of protection. See if that helps .. and if they do anything past that, like worse, like threats or anything - call the police and file a harassment report and they can find their IP and locate them.
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I think someone is trying to send you a virus, or already has. if you have a firewall, run a check up for viruses and stuff. And to be on the safeside, I wouldn't go into any chatrooms. Hope that helps && Happy Holidays! =]
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