Security holes in yahoo mess still there?

[crasher]

A neighbor, cute woman, no benefits, asked me if it was OK for her kid to use Yahoo messenger in yahoo mail plus on a windows 7 machine.
I figured the safest answer was 'No', but I don't use chat/messenger programs anymore.

I'm sure the kid is going to use it or something like it anyway. Any tips I can give her, like precautions or just wish her good luck, smile, and walk away? I figured at best I could recommend something like Malwarebytes, and maybe Spybot S&D, assuming she can keep them up to date.
I just don't want to be the guy working on her machine after the kid loads it up with all the demons he got chatting to hackers, ya know?

Thanks for any help, guys.

 

[MrColin]

The kid should have a non-admin account and maybe use something like "steady state" (but that's pretty far beyond the scope of free advice to set up). I haven't used yahoo messenger since 2005.

 

[crasher]

Just so nobody gets the wrong idea, the 'kid' is about 17 or 18, so it's not like he's a babe, but I'm 54, so he's a kid.

I don't know if he's got admin status, I do know it's his Mom's computer.

Thanks, I'll look at it, I haven't used anything since PIRCH prolly back around '97, myself.
:/