I think there are a lot of people out there trying to sniff passwords and use malicious software (aka spyware) to capture logins and passwords. It is prudent at this point to make sure you have some kind of anti-virus software, anit-spyware software (like the yahoo! toolbar) and use the secure login option when you log in to Yahoo! services.

I had the same problem today. I'm furious. I have a lot of contacts, and emails, on it, plus the 5 or 6 years that I've had the address - I don't want to have to go through the hassle of changing my primary email address. I mean, obviously I have others, but I don't want to use them primarily.

I dispatched an email to Y! Support using my GMail account as my "point of contact". If anyone's phone conversations work, please let me know. I want/need to get into my inbox.

Thanks!
Werner

Likely, if it contained a virus, it was a spoof. Your account probably isn't being suspended.

Werner is 100 % correct,I have seen a lot of these of late,always with a ominous warning in the subject line that tries to scare you to open it,always with a forged e-mail header.

Almost all ISP's will not send you a notification that your account is being closed,they just do it and then you have to call them and find out why.

Secondly people,why in the world would they send you a e-mail with a zip attachment ?...first off if you open attachments your asking for it,and I mean from anyone including friends,do you know if your Friends computer is clean,do you know that some Trojans and/or viruses go right for the persons address book and sends it's self out to everyone in it ?.....I have two people that I will open attachments from because they are knowledgeable on security measures and know to protect their machines from attack,that's it,some friends I delete thier e-mail with out opening it and I tell them do not send attachments becuase it will not be read

Why does anyone in this day and age not have a virus scan that checks
e-mail,Trojan protection,and a firewall ?..it's too bad that the internet has come to this in just a few short years but the sad truth is you have to protect your self,A word of warning to those who are lax about this,ISP's are at the point to where if your running a zombie box your account is going to be suspended till you fix it,mine(Adelphia Cable is doing this now) I hate spam and It makes me more upset from my own ISP's domain,and yes I report every single piece of spam and every connection attempt made from my ISP's domain.I would wager that 90% of those IP addy's the owner doesn't even know that they are infected.

Bottom line is this take responsibility for your own security,don't believe that e-mail is from who it purports to be and if you get a e-mail over 45KB in size or it has a attachment delete it,size alone is a big tip off that you have been sent a virus.

Educate yourself and at the least get one of those all in one security suites that a lot of ISP's are offering,it's better than nothing.

~Trey~

I have a firewall, antivirus and everything else under the sun. My account still was stolen. I think its something on Yahoo side.

I have the same problem. Thanks for the cust svc number post. I initally called SBC but the number but after 20 min they said yahoo is the only people that can help - and they gave me a number to call - disconnected. I found this post and they were helpful - said that the form is looking for an sbcglobal.net domain for the ID. Since I am a Prodigy customer (bought by Pac Bell, bought by SBC, yada), prodigy tier 2 tech support can help. He transferred me and THAT number is disconnected. So I am back on hold here.

Anyone else have that explanation for the "invalid password" issue?

Seems were all in the same boad e-mail wise. Yesterday I got a invalad password message from yahoo. Same pass Ive used for a long time. Messenger didnt work either. Got a new one sent to me and now messenger works but e-mail? NOPE.........cant get it to work at all.......driving me crazy. What to do cant find a way to reach a human there and they dont respond to messeges at all.

Ya me too I also have enough security software to stop most anything that is thrown at me.........still have no yahoo e-mail. I believe its something that has happend at there end. I also have the obligatory e-mail saying were working on it........wait 12 to 48 hrs....yup you betcha.

Spam and phishing are the top annoyances for email these days. Chances are that Yahoo really isn't going to contact you personally. So if you DO get what appears to be an email from them, hover your cursor over the link they send. If its not similiar to [url]www.yahoo.com[/url], chances are that its a phish. If you are not sure then go to yahoo's site on a separate browser and email them the link you have gotten or forward the email to [email]spoof@yahoo.com[/email] and see what they make of it.

Btw people, if you get a forwarded message from your friends in messenger saying that Yahoo is going to close your account if they don't recieve this message, DON'T PASS IT ON. People get bored these days and make up these stupid stories about yahoo closing accounts. This will never happen along with Yahoo going to charge everyone money to use Messenger. Message your friend and tell them to stop being so stupidly gullable.