Some of my friends ask me why their friends in messenger list complain to her/his that he sent a spam. The spam messages sent to all of friends that in Messenger List or Contact List without he knew or he even type the messages at Yahoo Messenger. This Spam usually appears when the users got offline and using Instant Message Services.
When your yahoo account sent spam message automatically like that, that means you account has been injected spam attack / spam activities. To handle that situation, and make your account normal again and not sent a message without you knew, you have to Change your Yahoo / Yahoo Messenger Password.
That’s all, the only thing you should do just change Your Yahoo Password and then the Spam would disappears and you never got complain from your friend again.
This spam forwarding using your yahoo account in Yahoo! Messenger happened because of you account has been stolen its password. Therefore the Spammer capable to use you Account to Sent Message Spam to all of your friend in Yahoo Messenger Contact List.
Change Yahoo Messenger Password
To Change Yahoo Messenger Password ( If you don’t know how to change it) visit here.
Malware in Your Computer!
If you still got the same problem after changing your Yahoo Messenger Password, then the suspicious thing that should be check first is your COMPUTER. It could be a malware being installed in your computer then the malware send message to all of your friends links (available in your messenger list / contact list) (links, text, etc) every time you are online in Yahoo Messenger (contrary with the first spam problem we mentioned above that sent spam after your offline). Scan your computer with your Best ANTI VIRUS, remove / delete the malware, and then change your password again. Done!
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February 1st, 2010 at 10:51 pm
I already change my IM password and update to YM 10, but the same problem still happen, is there any other solution or the probability why its happening?
February 2nd, 2010 at 12:42 am
@mxyzplk: it could be a malware installed in your computer. Make sure your computer clean first and then try to change your password again. Some malware send automatically messages through your YM every time your YM is online.