im having a issue with my messenger on yahoo as it wont open up as well its doing the same on my mac. so im scanning ad-aware and so far i have a number of infected adware but im wanting to delte my cookies as i havent done that in along time and i cant remember when you go to internet options are you to delete the cookies and file or just cookies and click ok

I had a HUGE yahoo problem after I got SP3 for Xp i couldn't figure it out for the life of me so I downloaded a messenger that will let me use my AIM Yahoo and a ton of others (i don't use) all in one messenger. It is called Digsby. Also There is one called Trillian but i've tried it and disliked it.

Not a fix but an alternative.

i've been having issues with logging into Yaho Messenger lately,so i guess i'm not the only one

i tried trillian and i only had it maybe a hour for i didnt care for it.. i havent tried the other .. but yet my question wasent answered

i never had the problem untill tonight

Well there really isn't enough info to go onto know what the issue is. Yahoo has been causing a lot of people issues as of late. Perhaps you could contact yahoo.

download 'Spydoctor' by Google as your adware program. It's google software I mean.

download 'CCleaner', it's a better file removal tool than explorer, use CCleaner to remove all of your temp folder and cookies. If you have passwords saved on IE that you aren't going to remember, you may want to adjust what the removal tool removes before you run it. It also has a nice registry cleaner.

After you've cleared the potentially harmful files, try to run Yahoo Messenger again. If it does not work, remove Yahoo Messenger and then download the latest Yahoo Messenger.

I don't know if CCleaner has a mac friendly version. It probably does. You can do a search for 'free data wiping tools -spyware mac friendly'

why would i even need spyware for my laptop for mac dont get virus or other stuff.
the issue with messenger had to do with yahoo. but i took care of the other on my pc.

MOST viruses and spyware are written for PC that doesn't mean that some isn't written to attach mac.

MAC dont get virus
my sister has a mac pc that she has had for yrs she even told me they dont get virus. the computer place where she got her mac from even told her that..

"Macs aren't immune to viruses, but they are very rare. Learn which viruses infect Macintoshes and what solutions are available to defend against them." -About.com(http://antivirus.about.com/od/macintoshresource/Macintosh_Viruses_and_Mac_Virus_Resources.htm)


Macs no longer immune to viruses, experts say
Apple's growing market share, new chips said making it more of a target - msnbc (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12537279/)

Apple has repeatedly claimed that Macs, while not completely immune to viruses and spyware, are far safer than Windows computers. - Pc World (http://www.pcworld.com/article/154850/will_mac_become_a_virus_trap.html)


Like I said macs are not as targeted as Pc but malicious software can and has been written for them.


Like G.I. Joe say "Knowing is half the battle! And now you know."

such an odd thing to say... I assure you, all operating systems are vulnerable to self replicating software. if the operating system allows for reading/writing priviledges from applications, which it most certainly does, a malicious software can replicate itself onto other files and spread. The reason viruses for the macintosh are not so prevalent is because windows is the most utilitized operating system in the world. If macintosh becomes more successful and utilized, you can bet that there will be a rash of malicious software development for the mac. To be the underdog, is to be over looked.

I was wrong, it isn't actually by google, it is merely part of a google software package.

I never told you that you needed an anti-virus for your macintosh. CCleaner is a data wiping tool, not anti-spyware or anti-virus software. This means you use it to clear temporary, non-essential, data. It is superior to simply deleting the files; For, at the machine code level, it rearranges the data into non-executible, non-readable values. Simply deleting files only removes the beginning two bytes of the code, which tells explorer there is a file that exists with a length and file type extension. Meaning, the actual data is still present, just no longer in a form that explorer recognizes as a file. Still, this data can be executed in memory, if it were memory referenced specifically by another program.

by explorer, I am referencing windows explorer.. I'm not sure how macintosh deletes its files, but the shredder feature from data wiping tools like CCleaner, are always nice to have. Especially because, in the instance of CCleaner, it targets ALL the locations of temporary stored data, making the task of clearing this data easier.