full-disclosure - Unwanted file download on Yahoo

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From: l8km7gr02 at sneakemail.com (l8km7gr02@...akemail.com)
Subject: Unwanted file download on Yahoo

>  Iam sorry guyz .. for using a short hand lingo
>  Correcting myself now ..
>  The problem was that when i was reading my mails on
>  yahoo the media bar popped up. Then the "Download
>  Accelerator Plus" tried to download a file named
>  "1.exe" from a link which i could not retain. Was
> this
>  due to the MS02-32 vulnerabilty? Is it possible for
>  yahoo being infected i.e. having a malformed media
>  file. I am running Windows XP on my system with IE
>  6.0.2600 on deafault security settings.
>  
>  Their is one more problem in my PC. Whenever i try to
>  open the M$ site on security updates a script error
>  occurs. Please provide me with some info on this too.
>  
>  Please advice.
>  
>  And i really am sorry for using a short hand lingo.
>  iam sorry. This was the first time i mailed on this 
>  list. so please excuse a newbie.

Hi Saurabh, welcome.

Firstly, you might want to reconsider Download Accelerator Plus -- it
was classified as spyware by some versions of of AdAware (see
http://www.net-integration.net/reviews/editorials/ls.html for a bit more
info).

Regarding the Windows Update page, try accessing this page (using
internet explorer, of course) directly:

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp

Does your browser give you any debug information?

good luck,

Cael