Yahoo virus / malware report - what to do if you get this (June 08)

June 23rd, 2008 � No Comments

Yahoo Virus / Malware Found alert

Yahoo virus / malware report is a false positive (Avast)

Yahoo virus and malware reports from around the globe were found to be a false positive, captured by anti-virus program “Avast!”.

Concerned users were reporting the following message when they accessed yahoo.com:

“A virus was found!”
Malware name: VBS:malware-gen
Malware type: Virus/Worm

Avast was quick to inform users on its support forums that this was a false alarm with the message: Re: Yahoo.com Infected with Malware-Gen ??
Really false alarm. Fixed in the internal build, will be fixed in next vps release.
Yahoo Virus - response

If you get a virus found alert on yahoo sites and you have Avast anti-virus software installed, make sure you update your software to the latest version. You should be able to do so from the program interface direct. If this does not work, go to http://www.avast.com/eng/updates.html and update your Avast software manually.

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