VIRUS ALERT: DON'T CLICK ON ANY LINK FROM Sandyman Y!!?

Question

This person is trying to spread a virus on several forums here.

http://answers.yahoo.com/my/profile;_ylt=AqSc4nQv4cavkJTUyjn9rAoYxgt.;_ylv=3?show=2urqNCt8aa

Be careful of clicking on any links, esepcailly if they start with "www.answers..."

Answer 1

Thanks. Forward this to the Y!A team at [e-mail]

Answer 2

Thanks for the alert.  

Answer 3

install Firefox AND these security extensions and keep the worry factor low.

Finjan Vital Security- SecureBrowsing:

    * Detects malicious content based on code analysis, rather than using signatures like anti-virus products.

http://securebrowsing.finjan.com/

Dr . Web anti-virus link checker ::This plugin allows you to check any file you are about to download, any page you are about to visit with online version of Dr.Web anti-virus! New menu item "Scan with Dr.Web" will appear on hyperlink context menu.

http://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/...

Interclue

Ever wanted to know what was behind the link before you clicked? Interclue tells you everything you need to know before you open yet another tab.

does NOT work in Yahoo e-mail

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox...

Firekeeper - detect and block malicious sites

What is Firekeeper?

Firekeeper is an Intrusion Detection and Prevention System integrated within Firefox. Its main goal is to detect and inform the user about malicious sites that are trying to use some known browsers vulnerabilities to get control over the user's machine or to do some other suspicious action.

http://firekeeper.mozdev.org/installatio...

Link Evaluator is a Firefox extension designed to help users evaluate the availability of online resources linked to from a given Web page. When started, it automatically follows all links on the current page, and assesses the responses of each

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox...

Answer 4

Thanks for the warning :)

Answer 5

OK,,,