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ashishtabla

as per security concern whichone chat service is best Yahoo,GTalk or MSN

We all know Yahoo is not so safe even once i was got dumb by a user who just stole my data (account details) while chatting..but it is quite old story after that yahoo also added many security update but still i have some doubt..

so which one have less risk factor?

xwhyz

I always prefer yahoo messenger than any other ones. But nowadays I am into meebo a lot than individual browsers (forget about security here), I use it for casual and some fomral chats with friends and collegues across the chat messenger and it is also supporting gtalk now and can be used within the browser and your office's firewall, etc will not block it too.

just4kix

I never chat with anyone who I do not know personally. I consider chatting in chat rooms is a collossal waste of time, money, bandwidth, etc. not to mention the risks that you mention.

But getting back on safety of IM's, no particular one is safe. While logging on to your Bank and other financial institutions, ensure that you have closed your IM service. Also use the latest and the best virus protection and fishing filters.

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ashishtabla

Is it possible while chattinh hacker can stole our account details which is save in cookies...As forums login details or your emails which you keep as on reminder.