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Web Attack using Yahoo Mail
js_de
Newbie

This is the 5th time in about a week that Noton detected a web attack on my yahoo mail account.  At all times, I was using Facebook in a different tab and left my Verizon Yahoo mail open in another tab.  See attached screenshots that illustrate what happened to my mail tab and what Norton reported.imageNorton reportimageVerizon mail tab

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Re: Web Attack using Yahoo Mail
tns2
Super User
Super User

Might be a false positive.  But norton has been to be more update than typical servers on Virus/Trojan detection.

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Re: Web Attack using Yahoo Mail
jonjones1
Legend

@js_de wrote:

This is the 5th time in about a week that Noton detected a web attack on my yahoo mail account.  At all times, I was using Facebook in a different tab and left my Verizon Yahoo mail open in another tab.  See attached screenshots that illustrate what happened to my mail tab and what Norton reported.imageNorton reportimageVerizon mail tab


Norton/Symantec is one of the worst products to use. It’s just as bad as McAffee when it comes to the intrusive programs to hate.

I won’t use any of these junk products. Malewarebytes with Windows Defender is much better. There is a free version of Malewarebytes but I use the paid version.

not intrusive at all.

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Re: Web Attack using Yahoo Mail
js_de
Newbie

After some research, I found out that the domain of the attacking IP addrress is owned by DigitalOcean - a cloud computing company.  Why would they be sending something to my browser window that wasn't being actively used?

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