Yahoo Messenger Beta

[emma]

A friend and I just downloaded the Beta version of Yahoo Messenger

We were talking on the the mic  and she gets messages from Avast.  I did not get any.  We tried to compare settings, but didn't see any differences...that we noticed.

Here are three messages that she got.

Network Shield Blocked "DCOM Exploit" attack 67.4.2.139:135/tcp

                                                                        67.4.88.202:135/tcp

                                                                        67.4.59.152:135/tcp


The Messenger worked OK (well not that good )
What is advice to give my friend.
Thank you.

[lukor]

These have no connection with Yahoo Messenger at all these are "attacks" from computers infected by the Blaster worm.

The suggestion is:
1) search the forum for DCOM exploit.
2) install firewall or switch of Microsoft Networking
3) turn of the message in Network Shield setup or ignore it

[emma]

After getting your reply and thinking about it, I guess it seemed like a silly question.......as Avast was just doing its job.
Neither my friend nor I really have much understanding of the inner workings of Avast and really did not even know how to ask a question about it or what to search. 

Some of us have never ever seen a message with warnings etc from Avast although we have been using over a year.  When we get our first one, it is a bit unsettling.

I hope that means that perhaps we aren't so ignorant after all.  We try to watch where we step. 

Thanks

[lukor]

It absolutely ok to ask here. My response was brief because these messages have been already discussed here many times a few months ago, when Network Shield was introduced.

Hopefully you will find all the information you need in some of these threads:

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=14079.msg119288
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=4818.msg34810#msg34810
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=9163.0
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=8639
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=10485.0

Bye.
Lukas.

[Spiritsongs]

  I have Yahoo Instant Messenger and do NOT plan on being
    a guinea pig Beta "tester"; I waited months to install
    Microsoft Antispyware Beta, but only because I did not hear
    of any problems.

[emma]

do NOT plan on being
    a guinea pig Beta "tester";

I seem to be afflicted with "Guinea Genes"
Once a Guinea, Always a Guinea