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Yahoo IM Using 3GB of Internet

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Name: zmclean
Date: January 10, 2007 at 12:20:37 Pacific
Subject: Yahoo IM Using 3GB of Internet
OS: XP
CPU/Ram: P4 3.0 GHZ
Model/Manufacturer: DELL
Comment:

We are having an issue with bandwidth consumption and we only have about 5 people who use Yahoo IM but the amout of bandwidt being used is now at 3gb per day. The offending website is us.dl1.yimg.com it is a launching pad for some many things. Can you help me figure out why Yahoo is eating my internet pipe up. We have 500 other users who dont use it and its affecting them as well.

Thanks


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Name: capt
Date: January 10, 2007 at 13:43:23 Pacific
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Have you updated Yahoo IM to version 8.1? There was a major security flaw that this update fixed that came out about the middle of last month. The article about the flaw is at http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-614...


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