Attempted forced installation of malware while on Yahoo ??

Has anyone else experienced this ?

Of course I pulled the plug immediately and did a malware scan. But it's scary stuff, very fast and aggressive.

It was in the guise of antivirus software.. nasty.

Attempted forced installation of malware while on Yahoo ??anti virus

No, I have never experienced this personally, but have read about this and know others who have been infected. Yeah, it disguises itself as harmless application to ''help'' a User, but the one who is really being helped is the one wishing to infect systems.

I am surprised you found it on Yahoo! website though. One thing I have always admired about Yahoo! is the aggressive stance against malware of all forms. For example, my husband's email is through AT%26T, and it is a $5.00 monthly fee. Yet, it doesn't have any automatic scanning of attachment downloading. Yahoo on the other hand uses Norton to automatically scan any attachment downloaded via a Yahoo email account.

The newest form of malware is in the from of code which is injected on well used websites, and when an individual just browses to that infected webpage the code, well, it is difficult to explain, it sort of ''slides'' off the webpage and into a computer. Once it is in RAM it executes, installs itself on the infected systems hard drive and carries out its programmed mission. Usually, these missions these days is to open back doors for remote control of a system.