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Discover New Friends with Yahoo! Chat

By Brandon De Hoyos, About.com

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Enter Characters for Security

Reproduced with permission of Yahoo! Inc. ©2008 Yahoo! Inc.

Before users can enter a Yahoo! Chat, they must enter a series of random digits and characters. This helps shield users from computer-operated spambots from entering Yahoo! Chat. Enter the characters (as they appear in the image) in the text field in the shaded window, then click “Submit.”

Reproduced with permission of Yahoo! Inc. ©2008 Yahoo! Inc. YAHOO! and the YAHOO! logo are registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc.

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