Hey guys,

I experienced this myself just a couple of years ago.

One of your contacts will message you on YIM, only the person messaging you is not your friend.

The link i clicked, was preceded by "is this a picture of you?" followed by a link, which i clicked, and immediately, i had contacts asking me why i sent a link without saying hi.

This is a worm, and it will partially take over your account.

I have not confirmed this latest one "i recommend this site" with a link attached. I have received 3 of these in the last two days, from a trusted friend whom i haven't heard from in some time. I'm pretty sure she wouldn't simply drop me three links, two days in a row, without saying hi. Thankfully, i recognized it right away and did not click it.

If you get an IM from someone, make sure the sender is in fact genuine, BEFORE you click the link.

I learned the hard way (a while back) to double check before I click a link.

thanks for the heads up

One time, I completely deleted everything in my Yahoo! contact list, after creating a Word document having all necessary e-mail addresses. The emptiness of my Yahoo! contact list put an end to any worm that got into it.

I've tried that too but whatever it was already had my addresses

Thanks for the warning

Thanks

Thanks for the warning. I don't use IM anymore as it seems the only guys on it are creepy.

Wow, thanks

I avoid Yahoo. Haven't met anything worth the aggravation on that site so far. Lot of scammers.