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Philip T asked in Computers & InternetSecurity · 1 decade ago

Anyone else get this : http://us.bc.yahoo.com/b?P= ????

This link (along with other variables which I'll not include) keeps secretly trying to request data from my PC.

My security software tells me that the data it is requesting is the administrator login to my PC.

Obviously it is the result of spyware or a phishing program which I sucessfully remove each time it occurs.

My question is:

Have any of you also experienced this ?

regards,

Philip T

Update:

*** I won't copy & paste the entire link (which is about 200 characters long) & follow it because it may in fact contain the personal data my security software is protecting ...doing so would successfully send it to this phishing server. ***

Update 2:

This guyd had the same problem but it was trying to retrieve his credit card info:

http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=At...

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  • 1 decade ago
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    i too use strong defences

    foolish to venture out into the broadband highway & expect a smooth ride

    check if u find any insight,

    http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/details.htm...

    http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/all/

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    If you want more 'clean and tidy' things to do, then you could wash other floors, dust and polish, clean windows, have a change around with furniture, arrange things differently, sort through your kitchen etc Or something fun, go out and shop till you drop!

  • 1 decade ago

    no, haven't seen that.....you could copy/paste that and put it in your search box and find out more information about it that may give you some ideas of how to deal with it for good

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