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YInformer (zip): YInformer is the award winning, ultimate Yahoo Messenger YM buddy/ID scanner. This program will allow you to scan your YM buddies or any Yahoo ID to see if they are online, even if they are in invisible or stealthed. YInformer will also return if selected if the user has their...; Tags: Yahoo IM, Yahoo! Inc., PS Soft, YInformer, Scanners, Channel Management, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-05-08
Yahoo Messenger for Vista (exe): Yahoo Messenger for Vista beta is a free service that allows you to see when friends come online and to send them instant messages. It also can alert you to new e-mail in your Yahoo Mail or Yahoo Personals accounts, or when you have upcoming events recorded in your Yahoo...; Tags: Yahoo IM, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software; Software downloads 2008-05-01
Free Yahoo Messenger Archive Decoder (zip): Free Yahoo Messenger Archive Decoder allow you to decode and see yours or others yahoo messenger conversation log files in your computer. You can read your archive message or spy on your loved ones without their knowledge or their password. No passwords or login required to decode archives. Export conversations...; Tags: Yahoo IM, Password, Yahoo! Inc., Aries Cares; Software downloads 2008-03-31
Multiple Instance Yahoo! Messenger (exe): This is the smallest Yahoo Messenger patch that allows you to run multiple Instances of Yahoo Messenger. So you will no longer need to sign in and out everytime you share a computer with someone else. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Yahoo IM, Yahoo! Inc., Productivity; Software downloads 2008-01-25
IMMonitor MySpaceIM Spy (exe): IMMonitor MySpaceIM Spy allow you to monitor, block or record MySpaceIM conversations remotely. If your kids (or spouse!) are spending too much time chatting via Yahoo Messenger, or you suspect they're engaged in dangerous conversations, IMMonitor MySpaceIM Spy is a very simple way to find out and stop it. You...; Tags: Software, Conversation, Yahoo IM, Instant Messaging, Tools & Techniques, Monitors & Displays, Internet, Online Communications, Management, Hardware, Components; Software downloads 2008-01-25

Yahoo Messenger Hider (zip): Hides the messenger from spying eyes. Very useful at work. Pressing F11 will show/hide the main messenger window, whereas F12 will enable you to show/hide all messenger windows. All chat windows titles are renamed with the window handle. You can also start/stop the service from the tray icon. Yahoo Messenger...; Tags: Yahoo IM, Window, Yahoo! Inc., PC-software, Yahoo Messenger Tray Icon, Setup Kit, Construction; Software downloads 2008-01-16
Trillian (1): Trillian is a fully featured, stand-alone, skinnable chat client that supports AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, and IRC. It provides capabilities not possible with original network clients, while supporting standard features such as audio chat, file transfers, group chats, chat rooms, buddy icons, multiple simultaneous connections to the same network,...; Tags: Yahoo IM, ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger, Network, Trillian, Cerulean Studios, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Networking, Internet, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications; Software downloads 2007-12-12
Yahoo Messenger Spy Monitor 2008 (exe): Yahoo Messenger Spy Monitor spy software can secretly record all Yahoo! Messenger incoming and outgoing chat text messages. It runs in a complete invisible mode. You can check recorded messages by simply receiving emails or opening a Web page. Everything will be recorded without being detected. It is especially useful...; Tags: Yahoo IM, Monitor, Yahoo! Inc., Monitoring, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components; Software downloads 2007-12-11
Yahoo Messenger, QuickTime top list of most vulnerable Windows apps: Yahoo Messenger, QuickTime top list of most vulnerable Windows appsLook at the conditions that were the criteria for the listYou made some mentioned this, but the reason why IE and Office are not on this list is because they are well known to be threats and are already inside most...; Tags: Mice, Operating systems, Digital music, Web browsers, Digital media, RealNetworks RealPlayer, irony, Yahoo! Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows, vulnerable Windows app, mouse, Windows App, Yahoo IM, Apple QuickTime; Discussion threads 2007-11-02
Yahoo Messenger, QuickTime top list of most vulnerable Windows apps: Software products marketed by Yahoo and Apple have topped the list of the most vulnerable Windows-based applications in 2007, according to endpoint security vendor Bit9. The list, available here registration required, focuses on popular, widely deployed Windows programs that are often very difficult for an IT department...; Tags: Yahoo IM, Apple QuickTime, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., List, Secunia, Bit9, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Digital Music, Operating Systems, Digital Media, Security, Software, Management, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2007-11-02
Yahoo Messenger spam becomes insufferable: Yahoo Messenger spam becomes insufferableI hate to say this, but...... this is no surprise. In past years AOL was ridiculed for the cluelessness of their users, but Yahoo! takes cluelessness to a new level. I suspect their targeted for IM spam because a) they can be, as Yahoo! make it...; Tags: Cyberthreats, Instant messaging, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo Messenger Spam, Yahoo IM, spam; Discussion threads 2007-11-01
Yahoo Messenger spam becomes insufferable: The spam via Yahoo Messenger is becoming insufferable--and the junk messages are piling up. In recent weeks, I've received anywhere from six to a dozen spam IMs a day. I use Yahoo's spam reporting feature yet they keep coming. I plan to follow up with Yahoo to see why...; Tags: Yahoo IM, AOL Instant Messenger, IM, Yahoo! Inc., Cyberthreats, Spam, Instant Messaging, Security, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Online Communications, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-11-01
Zero-day flaws surface in AOL, yahoo im products: Zero-day flaws surface in AOL, Yahoo IM productsMulti-Messenger ApplicationsThis is a problem that makes me doubly nervous, as I use both of these services through a multi-messenger supporting application. Is it likely that I am at risk still using a program like Trillian or the like?J.Morgan www.VAR2.comThis is ALSO a...; Tags: Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., IM, virus, Yahoo IM; Discussion threads 2007-09-19
Zero-day flaws surface in AOL, yahoo im products: Zero-day vulnerabilities in two popular instant messaging products could put millions of computer users at risk of malicious hacker attacks. Exploit code has been released for the more serious of the two flaws -- a gaping hole in Yahoo Messenger -- that could expose users to code...; Tags: Yahoo IM, AOL Instant Messenger, America Online Inc., IM, Yahoo! Inc., User, Secunia, Flaw, Exploitation, Instant Messaging, Security, Internet, Online Communications, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2007-09-19
Yahoo Messenger (0_beta2): This beta version of Yahoo Messenger 3 for Mac includes a new look and feel for OS X and new features like avatars, sounds, and display images. Use a webcam to share live video with your friends and family, or drag and drop files right into the IM window to...; Tags: Yahoo IM, IM, Yahoo! Inc., Instant Messaging, Construction, Apple Mac OS X, Internet, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS; Software downloads 2007-09-12
Yet another critical Yahoo Messenger flaw: Yet another critical Yahoo Messenger flawPatch already issuedI usually check YM once a week or so to see if there are updates - and there was one issued a day or so ago, so it looks like YM users are "safe" -- for now.LouYou wanna know, really KNOW, how to...; Tags: Yahoo IM, flaw, Yahoo! Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-08-31
Yet another critical Yahoo Messenger flaw: Yahoo has confirmed -- and fixed -- another nasty code execution hole affecting users of its Yahoo Messenger chat client. The latest flaw comes one week after Yahoo was forced to upgrade the instant messaging tool to correct an unrelated security vulnerability. A new...; Tags: Yahoo IM, Yahoo! Inc., Flaw, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2007-08-30
Security makeover for Yahoo Messenger: Eight days after the release of exploit code for code execution holes in the Yahoo Messenger IM client, Yahoo has shipped a new version with patches for its Windows user base.The latest security makeover, which is being distributed via the software's auto-update mechanism, covers two separate vulnerabilities that can be...; Tags: Security, Yahoo IM, Webcam, Yahoo! Inc., Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2007-08-24
Beware of strange Yahoo Messenger webcam invites: Beware of strange Yahoo Messenger webcam invitesWebcam invitesAnyone who has used messenger has certainly seen the invites coming from all sorts of untrusted sources, bots, etc. Just another reason to only accept those from people you have already established are legit.; Tags: Webcam, Yahoo IM, Yahoo! Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-08-16
Beware of strange Yahoo Messenger webcam invites: Exploit code for a potentially serious vulnerability in Yahoo Messenger has been posted on the Internet, putting millions of computer users at risk of code execution attacks.The flaw, confirmed in fully-patched versions of Yahoo Messenger, causes a heap overflow to be triggered when the target accepts a webcam invitation.The exploit,...; Tags: McAfee Inc., Security, Yahoo IM, Webcam, Yahoo! Inc., Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2007-08-16