Re: SBC Yahoo Online Protection in AT&T West http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r13443099 en Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:15:41 EDT Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:15:41 EDT Re: SBC Yahoo Online Protection http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14467328 elvey : The anti-spy is just rebranded Pest Patrol (a good product!). What are the other things?
BTW, did I not post the above info to this thread before? It looks like my post has gone missing.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14467328 Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:37:41 EDT Re: SBC Yahoo Online Protection http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14409412 garyvand :
said by JTM1051 See Profile :

So I'm now looking for a new AV. eTrust EZ Antivirus is basically a good AV and have been using it since it was free from SBC Yahoo!.
But there's no way I would pay $29.95 eTrust EZ Antivirus
eTrust EZ Antivirus is available for free to anyone for 12 months:
»my-etrust.com/microsoft]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14409412 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:16:36 EDT Re: SBC Yahoo Online Protection http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14390838 madquest : Go to add/remove software. Remove all SBC Applications. restart computer. Go to Http://sbc.software.yahoo.com to try and download the suite again.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14390838 Sun, 18 Sep 2005 14:20:02 EDT Re: SBC Yahoo Online Protection http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13854973 hskrfan23 : go to sbc.yahoo.com/protection..it doesnt load sbc yahoo browser or anything but the online protection]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13854973 Sun, 10 Jul 2005 04:02:01 EDT Re: SBC Yahoo Online Protection http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13837497 David : Well I took the plunge and put it on one of my computers at the house, so far (for a windows98SE machine) rather impressive. Seems to do the job at hand so far, no real bloat behind it. Note: I just installed the yahoo anti-spy toolbar and the antivirus. I did not get into parental controls and all that jazz. I think for a basic virus scanner (even for free) so far it has not slowed that PII 300Mhz machine with 512MB of memory down at all. It does freeze my machine for a brief (3 sec.) moment but that could be from all the stuff I load on boot. Another thing to keep in mind this machine only gets rebooted once a month.
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If you have a topic in the direct forum please reply to it or a post of mine, I get a notification when you do this. Koetting Ford, Granite City, illinois... YOU'RE FIRED!! ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13837497 Thu, 07 Jul 2005 20:08:18 EDT Re: SBC Yahoo Online Protection http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13739863 jmorlan : It's not a problem with the product. They are listed "not installed" because I chose not to install them when I downloaded it for testing. I already have an anti-virus and pop-up blocker and didn't want the SBC version, nor did I have need for parental controls.

The Pop-up Blocker does require either the Yahoo browser or the Yahoo toolbar and I assume is identical to what was included in the toolbar. I use neither the toolbar nor the browser.

The anti-virus requires that you uninstall any existing anti-virus software before it will allow you to install the Yahoo branded version. I opted not to do that for now. Incidentally it looked like the AV may be really free with no subscription charge. At least I could find no mention of any charges. Seems like a good deal for anybody without a current AV product.

I have since removed yop.exe /autostart from startup, so I no longer have the annoying icon and am basically left with a free version of Pest Patrol which I can use stand-alone.

I'm pretty sure earlier versions of Yahoo Anti-spy were part of the the Yahoo browser. At least that was the case the last time I looked into it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13739863 Fri, 24 Jun 2005 20:35:53 EDT Re: SBC Yahoo Online Protection http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13738982 tonydi : I'm not sure why you're getting those "Not Installed" entries. I downloaded and installed the whole package on a virgin XP SP2 installation in Virtual PC. This setup had no anti-virus or pop-up blocker installed.

When I went to download the package it had check marks next to each of the pieces but if I wanted to I could uncheck any of them and presumably stop them from being downloaded and installed.

It appears as though they all work without the need for the SBC-Yahoo broswer as the browser is nowhere to be found and I have all of the components installed and activated. You do have to go to the Parental Controls page and set it up before that grey/bar icon will turn to a green checkmark.

And you're right, the mail protection is simply what we now get through SBC-Yahoo email.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13738982 Fri, 24 Jun 2005 18:31:12 EDT Re: SBC Yahoo Online Protection http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13737132 jmorlan : I was curious, so I downloaded the Yahoo Anti-Spy. I had to use IE and allow an ActiveX control in order to get it to download, but I did not have to use the Yahoo browser.

An applet runs in the system try, but mine is a triangle with and "!" indicating that there are things that need attention. The things needing attention are that the anti-virus and popup blocker are not installed.

My SBC Yahoo mail protection is enabled, but that just seems to be the spam blocker at Yahoo mail.

Parental controls are also not installed and show a gray icon with a bar across. I'm guessing that the popup blocker and parental controls work only with the Yahoo browser, but that's just a guess.

Yes, there are other inexpensive or free utilities to protect you computer, but I think this seems to be a reasonable package for the market that SBC is targeting at this time, mostly new DSL users who may not be particularly computer literate.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13737132 Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:16:02 EDT Re: SBC Yahoo Online Protection http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13730306 Defcon888 : This sounds sort of like AOL Security Edition 9.0 except without the "AOL" and "9.0" in it :p]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13730306 Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:25:32 EDT Re: SBC Yahoo Online Protection http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13730084 tonydi :
said by JTM1051 See Profile:

Installing ISP's software to "enhance" your internet and browsing experience. Except when you need/want to switch to a different ISP and try to uninstall/remove the software and changes made to your system.
As crappy as the SBC-Yahoo software bundle is, I've got to say that at least it uninstalls cleanly. Still, I don't recommend that anyone install it in the first place. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13730084 Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:56:24 EDT Re: SBC Yahoo Online Protection http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13729664 JTM1051 :
said by bobup:

....you can choose which features you want loaded, ... Sure, it loads SBC/Yahoo's own browser...
Wee bit of a contradiction eh?

Well I glad you're happy with it.

I don't want the SBC Yahoo! Browser or any SBC Yahoo!/Yahoo! software on my system. Nor do I use Internet Explorer.

Been there, done that before knowing better. Installing ISP's software to "enhance" your internet and browsing experience. Except when you need/want to switch to a different ISP and try to uninstall/remove the software and changes made to your system.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13729664 Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:03:03 EDT Re: SBC Yahoo Online Protection http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13722344 anon : I have just "added" this package to my son's PC....you can choose which features you want loaded, I chose not to include the anti-virus ( I use McAfee)...what I really needed was better parental controls. This has turned out to be a good direction for me. Sure, it loads SBC/Yahoo's own browser...looks and works just fine.
As for my parental controls...easy to setup and works very well indeed.
bob]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13722344 Wed, 22 Jun 2005 18:39:48 EDT Re: SBC Yahoo Online Protection http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13691310 JTM1051 : Important notice about your SBC Yahoo! DSL account.
Please upgrade anti-virus software.
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Dear SBC Yahoo! DSL Customer,

We are writing to tell you about some changes in the way SBC Yahoo! DSL provides security protection for your PC, particularly your anti-virus service.

Currently, you receive PC anti-virus protection (a Premium Service Choice that you selected when you signed up for SBC Yahoo! DSL) using Computer Associates(R) eTrust(TM) Antivirus software.

Effective immediately, SBC Yahoo! DSL includes SBC Yahoo! Online Protection, a new, free, all-in-one security software suite. It comes with PC anti-virus, plus anti-spyware, pop-up blocking,parental controls, and spam protection. An easy-to-use dashboard brings all of these online protection tools together in one convenient place. This free upgrade is an exclusive benefit for SBC Yahoo! DSL members.

Now that PC anti-virus is included as a free element of the SBC Yahoo! Online Protection security suite, the current version of Computer Associates(R) eTrust(TM) Antivirus software offered through SBC Yahoo! DSL is being discontinued. As a result, you must upgrade to SBC Yahoo! Online Protection by July 17, 2005, in order to maintain ongoing anti-virus protection and customer support. (Bold added by me)

I for one do not consider the SBC Yahoo! Online Protection an "upgrade" or "convenient". Only "convenient" for those who do not know any better. Too bad SBC does not have the foresight to offer its users a choice of SBC Yahoo! Online Protection or eTrust Antivirus -- instead of a one size fits all mentality.

For info on the SBC Yahoo! Online Protection see the Tutorials.

Per the tutorials the Anti-Virus based on eTrust EZ Antivirus and Anti-Spyware based on eTrust PestPatrol.

All the screen shots in the tutorials are shown using the SBC Yahoo! Browser.

So I'm now looking for a new AV. eTrust EZ Antivirus is basically a good AV and have been using it since it was free from SBC Yahoo!.

But there's no way I would pay $29.95 eTrust EZ Antivirus for two reasons:
* eTrust support is very poor.
* For a little more money ($4 - $10) there are much better AVs available e.g., AVG, Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal, NOD32, etc.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13691310 Sat, 18 Jun 2005 21:19:42 EDT Re: SBC Yahoo Online Protection http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13443099 elvey : I'd GUESS you get the stuff they were offering for free before only as an option:
•Yahoo! Anti-Spy (which is rebranded Pest Patrol, which is an above average quality spyware remover, IMO)
•CA Antivirus (good)
•etc.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13443099 Thu, 19 May 2005 01:41:32 EDT Re: SBC Yahoo Online Protection http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13434338 godprince : yes ? any SBC personell have some answers here ?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13434338 Wed, 18 May 2005 00:37:41 EDT Re: SBC Yahoo Online Protection http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13428229 nwrickert : The cynic in me warns that this is probably just some more bloatware that I don't want on my computer.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13428229 Tue, 17 May 2005 11:55:13 EDT SBC Yahoo Online Protection http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13428003 JTM1051 : SBC Yahoo Online Protection

Subscribers to SBC Yahoo broadband can now avail themselves of a free online protection service meant to handle worm attacks and other threats, SBC Communications and Yahoo said Tuesday.

The service, dubbed SBC Yahoo Online Protection, was announced Tuesday. It includes anti-spyware features, antivirus tools, a pop-up blocker and parental controls, the companies said. People who use the package can access it from an integrated dashboard.

The service is designed to let subscribers see the status of their core online protection tools, Yahoo said, and get notifications with instructions if they need to take a specific action to counter a threat. The service will update itself against the latest virus threats, said Yahoo, ...

Wonder who's/what software SBC Yahoo using for "SBC Yahoo Online Protection".

Interesting that this "All-in-one security suite" does not include a firewall.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13428003 Tue, 17 May 2005 11:31:05 EDT