Reuters: Yahoo, world's most popular e-mail, hit by worm

[Eugene]

Yahoo, world's most popular e-mail, hit by worm
Tue Jun 13, 2006 5:58 AM BST

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc., the world's largest provider of e-mail services,
said on Monday that a software virus aimed at Yahoo Mail users had infected "a very
small fraction" of its base of more than 200 million accounts.

The e-mail virus, or worm, has been dubbed Yamanner and landed in Yahoo mailboxes bearing
the headline "New Graphic Site." Once opened, the message infects the computer and spreads
to other users listed in Yahoo users' e-mail address books, security experts said.

The e-mail containing the virus need only be opened -- in contrast to most worms that are
hidden in attachments and require users to take an additional step -- to release the virus,
according to computer security site Symantec Corp..

The Sunnyvale, California-based company advised users to update virus and firewall software
on their computers and to block any e-mail sent from the address "[e-mail]."

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Full article: http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-06-13T045548Z_01_N12358912_RTRUKOC_0_UK-YAHOO-VIRUS.xml

[GetTheRightVote]

1. Thank you for the posting .........

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[Hekate]

2. kick nt

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Hekate

[ProdigalJunkMail]

3. kick

cause I saw it in my inbox...

sP

[Paradise]

4. thanks. n/t

[FlashHarry]

5. I'm sorry, but...

....if you're still dumb enough to open unsolicited e-mails, well - you almost deserve this worm.