YAHOO MESSENGER MALWARE

[vim rossi]

At times when i log into yahoo messenger i get a prompt from avast about html:malware-gen located in the temporary internet files folder..looks like the messenger ads are running some malicious script..

this happens frequently
 

Is anybody else experiencing the same

[Justin_22]

Ive not gotten any alerts yet and I use messenger everyday... I'll keep a eye out though

[Lisandro]

Can you send the temporary files to virus @ avast.com ?
You can zip and password the files... Inform a link to this thread and the password used.
You can send the files to Chest and, from there, resend to Alwil for analysis.
Thanks.

[vim rossi]

yeah i'll do that...as of now i am not getting the prompt any more..

[Lisandro]

yeah i'll do that...as of now i am not getting the prompt any more..

So, probably, it was a false positive corrected by the last vps update.

[vim rossi]

Its back again..after a long time..this time its vbs:malware-gen..it comes out of 2/5 when i log into yahoo messenger.Don't know whats triggering it,coz a boot scan revealed nothing. Im using avast 4.8 with 080718-1 VPS.Maybe its a false postive conflicting with the yahoo ad. service? Have u guys experienced something similar.

[Jtaylor83]

I scanned Yahoo Messenger, no longer detected as Malware-gen. False positive must been fixed in 080719-0.