Yahoo detect what is it

I think I agree, this is coming with the latest Java update. I was careful to uncheck the addon for Ask toolbar as well. Not sure I am happy about this. Removing the reg entry, but going to have to do it on all the systems here eventually.

Already have 6 computers "Infected" with this. I have several machines infected and have tried removing the registry entries and still shows up in the scan. Any ideas or thoughts? We are not really sure this is an infection. It simply looks like left-overs from a detection routine from Java.

I am almost certain that it is coming in with Java as one of the machines that I recently refreshed has not Java and no Yahoo Detect. The one thing I can add is that it doesn't appear to be linked to ant particular version of Java and my users have seen various versions 6u12, 6u22, 6u24, 6u29, 6u30, 6u31, 7u0, 7u1, 7u3 and these 50 or so have nothing in common in that regard. Net and Office So I'm curious is maybe it have something to do with Outlook Social Connector, Windows Live or some other crap that Microsoft thinks people want and need.

But the other 1, or so users are also patched and completely clean. I am with Dave on this. It is looking a lot like it is related to the outlook social connector. While bytesnake found one Registry entry for Yahoo! Detect , there actually are two possible locations for a rogue Yahoo! Detect entry depending on whether it's a bit or bit machine Thatcher found the second entry :.

Detect, though like most others here, the app was simply NOT installed. These are the steps I used:. I then waited a day for Spiceworks to rescan the affected computers Detect entry is recognized as gone. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks.

After a scan on a client PC, Yahoo! Detect is showing up as installed software. Any advice or insights? I have the same question 0. Reg: Nov We will get your thread moved to "Other Norton Products" for your Comcast version. Under certain circumstances profanity provides relief denied even to prayer. Mark Twain. This thread is closed from further comment. Please visit the forum to start a new thread.

Can anyone here shed some light? Cheeseball81 Retired Moderator. Joined Mar 3, Messages 84, Hi and welcome. Nothing about it on Google. What about contacting Norton about it? Note: I did read other things about an app that was called something similar. It was Yahoo Detector which could detect if users were online or using an invisible status on Yahoo Messenger.

I don't know if it's the same sort of thing. Snagglegaster Banned. Joined Sep 12, Messages 1, Most likely it is either a component of Yahoo Messenger, or a utility to notify you if some app wants to change your default search engine from Yahoo. There shouldn't be any problem disabling it through msconfig, and if you don't like the outcome, you can re-enable it.

I appreciate the reply, SG. Maybe Norton just hiccuped; no harm no foul, I guess. Thanks again for taking the time As Seen On. Welcome to Tech Support Guy! Latest posts.

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