Tired of Yahoo! Messenger Spam?

would it not be a fairly easy to incorporate a simple "CAPTCHA" test prior to sending an instant message to anyone not in a users contact list? (like the one needed prior to posting here) bang! instant messenger bots become instantly useless

I think James has a great idea (it would not bother me to have to enter text to prove i am a human when sending that odd message to someone not on my list)...i get about 15 YIM spams a day and report each and every one of them as spam to Yahoo though i don't think it is making a difference. I even had to stop using YIM on my cell phone because of the unwanted messages.
Yahoo! needs to step up to the plate and do something.

I totally agree. Everytime I open my email, messenger comes up. STOP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

curious, but since 2-3 weeks ago, i receive a lot of SPIM messages... unknown stupid senders...
what`s happening???

Every single day I use my yahoo messenger...and I will say that I AM tired of all the SPIM from these suspicious senders. Why won't yahoo come up with the option to only except messages from people on our messenger list. I think that would be a great solution...After all most people that are on your messenger friends list are those that you gave your handle to correct? So what's the chance that someone is searching for you via yahoo messenger...I don't feel that I will miss out on an old friend or class mate trying to contact me via yahoo messenger.

wesley, go to preferences and you can change that

yeah but what do i do about all the people who are on my friends list and their accounts send me spim? i cant just ignore them. and whats weird is i know its not a virus because a couple of my friends are using linux and i get spim from them about acai berry crap.

I have been having good luck filing fraud, deceptive advertising, and child porn complaints (because they don't check the age of the spammee) against the Spimmer with state attorney generals.

If the Spimmer hides behind a domain proxy service, I just name the Proxy as the source, because under ICANN rules the Proxy Agent is liable for the actions of the domain.

Wow really? :) we need more people like you :D

i am having a problem with my yahoo messenger....a bot window appears and i dont even talk or chat to that bot still whenever i log into the e-mail...it reads that i have had a chat with a girl and i have written c2c and other slangish terms...can i know what the problem is and how come it knows my information is it due to the IPA ?

Hi... I have a question... I don't know much about Yahoo... I use Hotmail.. but, the man that I live with uses Yahoo.... I see that there are several (lots) of random "conversations" in the conversation heading. I don't really see that there has been much conversation.. but then again.. it's all encrypted and I can't see what any of it means.. or even if he responded... I dont' want to him to feel accused and upset him by feeling that I don't trust him... so I am trying to find out what this is by research on my own. Could you please tell me could it be something that does not involve him?

Hello I have found many random sex messages in my husbands "conversations" on Yahoo... I don't want to make the mistake of accusing him... they are all encrypted... Do these IM just show up randomly.. most of them are x rated. Are they legitimate? Please advise

Hard to say - The spam I've gotten never "starts" with any sexual content in the message and I've always deleted them so am not sure if they would eventually go that way or not. The fact the messages are encrypted is bad. Think about it - who would send a spam message encrypted?

There are tools available that are useful in tracking keystrokes, etc. in order to assist spouses in uncovering cheating partners. I'd suggest using one of these to get the "whole" picture of your partner's activities.

It is likely SPIM. Every single time I log into Yahoo! Messenger, random messages pop up, looking like they are encrypted. Example: "Hey, cutie.¿1856¡!™ do! u wanna 2 seioe m3 on cam?" There will usually be misspellings, mispuncuations, and grammar issues. There may also be a website link. Keep an eye on it though. This is likely not his fault. A recent study showed that 75% of Yahoo! Chat users are Spam Bots.

I'm blown away by the amount of IM Spam (aka "SPIM") I get in Yahoo Messenger. I used to manually click each of the conversation bubbles closed but the onslaught never ceased and I'd literally have hundreds each time I logged in. I finally stopped logging into my Yahoo account directly and just use another mail service to grab my Yahoo mail put it into my other mailbox. (Lot's of them will do this - Hotmail, Google, etc.)

Every now and again I log into my Yahoo mail account if I need to quickly retrieve a message before it's sync'd to my other mail account. Each time the IM bubbles line up with all sorts of invites to chat with people I don't know and are undoubtedly SPIM or crooks of some nature. How the heck can I block these requests period?

It's not the spam that bothers me so much as the fact I don't want Messenger to even pop up when an unknown user sends me a message. That should happen ONLY when people I have put on a specific "approved" list send me an IM. Anyone else and the thing shouldn't even activate.

Useless!!! I need to get rid of yahoo messenger pop-up spam on i mac!