Best answer by RetiredTripleHelix
View originalAre i.yimg, l.yimg and s.yimg
These are supposed to be used by YAHOO. However, they seem to be slowing my computer. I have seen entries on Google that say they are malicious and ohers that say they and safe just annoying. If I shouild remove them, how do I do it?
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Hi jlb0921
How have these been brought to your attention? Through a WSA scan? If so then I would follow WSA's guidance. IF from any other source then I would Open a Support Ticket and seek professional advice from the Support Team.
I have seen a number of conflicting views of what these are or are purported to be and to be honest a number of them look to be far fetched, i.e., anything from a tracking cookie, to browser hijack, just to mention a few and it seems there is no consistent view amongst the amateurs...hence my suggestion to contact Support.
If you can find the actual files then you can right click on each of them in turn and select 'Scan with Webroot' from the context menu displayed, and that should give you a steeer on how to proceed, as if WSA detects an issue with the file it will respond with appropriate action.
Regards
Baldrick
How have these been brought to your attention? Through a WSA scan? If so then I would follow WSA's guidance. IF from any other source then I would Open a Support Ticket and seek professional advice from the Support Team.
I have seen a number of conflicting views of what these are or are purported to be and to be honest a number of them look to be far fetched, i.e., anything from a tracking cookie, to browser hijack, just to mention a few and it seems there is no consistent view amongst the amateurs...hence my suggestion to contact Support.
If you can find the actual files then you can right click on each of them in turn and select 'Scan with Webroot' from the context menu displayed, and that should give you a steeer on how to proceed, as if WSA detects an issue with the file it will respond with appropriate action.
Regards
Baldrick
Thank you for the reply. The way I noticed them was Yahoo news was loading very slowly, It was waiting for I.yimg and then S.yimg.
I did clear Firefox cookies and cache and they loaded a little more qjuickly.
I will contact support;.
Thanks again
I did clear Firefox cookies and cache and they loaded a little more qjuickly.
I will contact support;.
Thanks again
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Hello this article is from 2009 and they say it is from yahho and safe: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/252643/virus-yahoo-redirect-to-lyimgcom/ Also I did a check at Webroot BrightCloud and it came up clean, see pictures below.
HTH,
Daniel ;)
And for s.yimg: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20140323091226AA27Jnh
And i.ying.com: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080927192318AAje9oW
HTH,
Daniel ;)
And for s.yimg: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20140323091226AA27Jnh
And i.ying.com: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080927192318AAje9oW
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Hello TripleHelix ...very impressive research and teaching us how it's done! WOW is all I can say! 😉
Thank you very much.
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As TripleHelix pointed out, they are safe.@ wrote:
These are supposed to be used by YAHOO. However, they seem to be slowing my computer. I have seen entries on Google that say they are malicious and ohers that say they and safe just annoying. If I shouild remove them, how do I do it?
You may want to give the Disconnect extension a try. It is available in the chrome store and available for Firefox as well. I believe there is a BETA extension out for IE now, but it has not been officially released yet.
What it does is block tracking, and pages will load much faster.
Hope that helps!
Let us know and come back often and share your experiences with us!
Beth
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