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02-07-2012 11:07:10 AM
A few moments after I launch AT&T/Yahoo webmail, two unwanted yellow tabls appear to the right of my Inbox; they have the appearance of chat tabs. The names on them are completely unfamiliar to me and they sound like porn solicitations. This started happening two or three weeks ago with only one such tab; now there are two. I always close the tab immediately; I've never gone to one to see what it's about.
This happens with two different versions of Internet Explorer (8 and 9) on two different computers (Windows XP and 7). I don't know how to stop these tabs from popping up. I've been reluctant to attempt deleting cookies because so many legitimate sites that I access use cookies for perfectly valid reasons. And the fact that it happens on two different computers suggests to me that it may not be a cookie problem. I've also performed a complete scan of my computer, and the source of the problem was not uncovered.
Can anyone help? Thanks.
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02-19-2012 09:40:48 PM
I've noticed this exact same problem myself - also on two different computers with two different operating systems. I do the same thing - close the tabs without viewing - as curious as I am about them, I also have a brain. Of course, there's nothing to be found on the support pages. Hopefully, others will also report this problem as well and the AT&T support techs will respond with a solution. I'd love to email them a screen print, but apparently AT&T email tech support can't be contacted via email - yeah, that makes sense...
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05-19-2012 05:48:31 PM
I have recently started seeing these as well.
They appear to be chat requests.
I don't know how to make them stop
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05-26-2012 03:52:22 PM
I've noticed this happening to me too, only there are about five yellow/orange tabs. They all have names that sound like they are from porn sites. This is disturbing.
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07-06-2012 06:18:37 AM
Time for AT&T support to step up for this issue, first raised in February and still happening.
OK, it's easy to deletethe tabs each time, but they are multiplying.








