What do these yahoo products REALLY do to your computer- (Please read this for your own computer's sake.)?

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The ONLY thing I had installed was Yahoo messenger and the toolbar. But more and more Yahoo stuff began to appear on my computer which I never installed. Around the same time, my computer aquired a lot of adware and spyware despite my firewall being fully functional. Yesterday, all my Accessories: Games files (like hearts, minesweeper, etc) were missing and had been replaced with a bunch of Yahoo games (that I had never installed.) Those missing games are no longer anywhere on my computer. I wrote to customer care about it and got no response.

The problems stopped once I uninstalled the Yahoo messenger and toolbar, though I never got my own games back. Despite their claims that their products protect you from spyware, it seems they instead install their own spyware and adware at the risk of your files,while telling you your computer's protected.

So I come to my question: Has this happened to you yet? And do you plan to keep Yahoo products on your computer and wait until it does?

TY · Accepted Answer

You're probably right, although that has not happened to me. I have Yahoo messenger for many years now (but not the toolbar) and I'm very keen on things that go on with my computer. Sadly, your firewall can't do anything to protect your computer against adwares, spywares and viruses.

Consider using Lavasoft's Ad-Aware. I highly recommend it (Microsoft does too): http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Get Real · Answer

go,,,, control panel - add remove programs - click window components accessories games and readd the games.

They are still on the puter,, yahoo installation just removed the icons for your program listing doing the above will reinstall them

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What do these yahoo products REALLY do to your computer- (Please read this for your own computer's sake.)?

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