how to stop email virus?

Question

how to clean yahoo email from virus

Answer 1

Open that strange attachment in your Yahoo! email and your computer may be infected with a virus, a nasty piece of software that may corrupt your computer data, delete files or send your personal information to a hacker. Employ a combination of proactive protection measures and post-virus removal techniques to guard your computer against any viruses hiding in your Yahoo! Inbox.



1 Avoid opening emails from suspicious sources or with unrecognizable text in the "From" or "Subject" headings. And never open attachments that you are not expecting, even if they appear to be from a friend, without first confirming it with the sender to ensure that it is a legitimate attachment.



2 Check the top of the Yahoo! page when opening an attachment. Yahoo! employs a free virus scanner that scans all attachments when you try to open them. If you try to open an attachment with a Yahoo! virus, the website will alert you to the danger. Press "Delete" immediately.



3 Click "Deleted" in the left column of Yahoo! after deleting a virus-ridden email. A page showing your deleted emails will appear. Push the "Empty" button at the top of the page to permanently remove all of your deleted emails to prevent accidentally moving the virus back into your Inbox.



4 Run a virus scan on your computer system if you open a strange attachment and suspect that a virus got through the Yahoo! scanner. The scanner will identify and remove the virus if it has infected your machine.



Follow the instructions:



Download, save, and then install: Malwarebytes anti-malware (MBAM)

http://www.malwarebytes.org/



Click the 'Download free version' button.

Allow MBAM to download it's latest definitions during it's installation.

When prompted to restart, do so to Safe Mode



Once the system is in Safe Mode, open MBAM and do a Quick scan, which is

the Default setting. If *anything is detected*, do a Full scan next.



After you have used malwarebytes then do this online scan.

to make sure you have nothing else hiding away.

http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/

preferably in safe mode with networking.



Regards,

Tamim

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Is there an item like a file or a picture IN the email - that may have a virus, or a link may point you to a phishing site but yahoo mail is not a virus

Answer 4

Yahoo email is web based, so it can not have a virus.

Answer 5

once you're using an cyber web commonplace e mail like Gmail or Yahoo, then you definitely can no longer supply up it. The virus is on their servers. even regardless of the undeniable fact that, once you're using Mozilla Thunderbird or Outlook show or yet another application, then you definately could properly be able to come across and get rid. i could download MalwareBytes and run a test to be sure no longer something is on your workstation.

Answer 6

Well

CCleaner is a very efficient and easy to use utility that cleans and optimizes your PC to ensure best performance and freedom from malware.

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