Sunday, October 4, 2009

W32 FEEBS error from Norton Antivirus?

Just starting to get this error tonight; I get it everytime I try to open Yahoo Mail, Beta version. It will not let me open.



W32 FEEBS error from Norton Antivirus?vista



It is a Symantec problem, Norton Antivirus indicating Yahoo Mail in the Beta Version is a virus. You can read the CNET.Com News article about it at:



http://news.com.com/Symantec+incorrectly...



W32 FEEBS error from Norton Antivirus?antispyware



I just started having that same problem about an hour or so ago as well. It (so far) only happens when I try to open Yahoo! Mail Beta, and -- judging by all the other questions and answers that have started popping up on Answers in the last 5 or 6 hours -- is connected to Yahoo! Mail Beta specifically. Do a search here on Answers, and you'll find a lot more info on the current problem.



According to most of the major online anti-virus sites (and a few I hadn't even heard of), W32.Feebs spreads in two ways:



(1) Through e-mails disguised as security warnings of some sort, using random security-related names and subject lines. It gives you a log-in name and a password (for some reason I haven't figured out yet) and instructs you to open the attached file. The attached file is an .HTA file.



(2) Through files obtained from peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks (Limewire, Bearshare, torrent sites, etc). The file looks like a cracked version of one of several popular computer programs, and usually has something in the filename like "full version + crack" or something.

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