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Why is Yahoo Messenger full of spam? I see every day at least 5 requests or messages from strangers that are profane in nature. I don't see that problem in Gchat (Google chat) or MSN. Why is Yahoo so vulnerable?

Haval Abdulkarim
2012-10-23 18:14:40
You might participated (subscribed) in some forums or yahoo groups which leads to have many spams. You can block those accounts and remove your email from groups.
Alex Perkins
2012-10-07 16:53:07
Yahoo messenger seems to be the most popular so it has more spam targeted at it for a greater audience.
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Calle Sweden
2012-10-06 18:56:30
Just use skype, or block all strangers.
GrrGrrr
2012-10-06 17:28:32
not on Y messanger, but even Yahoo email is full of spams.Why don't you switch to gtalk, or better Skype?
ion popa
2012-10-06 15:20:18
I think Yahoo Messenger is more popular than majority of chat apps. This could be the main reason.