In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:


but to let Apple users know what is going on.

...er, right. With reports from "The Register" article dated "5 Nov
2015", and "1 Sept 2015" along with that Dark web tale.

I didn't notice the date.

of course not. you never do, nor do you understand what you read.

They popped up today via my Yahoo home page.

that explains a lot.

linkbait and you bit.

if malware is a concern at *all*, you should reconsider using yahoo in
any form.

In any case, the situation can only have got worse in the intervening
year and a half.

it hasn't.

it's actually *more* secure than it used to be because the system has
been hardened and lots of exploits have been patched.