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    worms on Yahoo?????????

    attack this link
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06...targets_yahoo/

    A JavaScript worm that takes advantage of an unpatched vulnerability in Yahoo!'s webmail service has been discovered on the net.

    The JS-Yamanner worm spreads when a Windows user accesses Yahoo! Mail to open an email sent by the worm. The attack works because of a vulnerability in Yahoo! Mail that enables scripts embedded within HTML emails to be run within a user’s browser instead of being blocked.

    Once executed, the worm forwards itself to an infected users' contacts on Yahoo! Mail. It also harvests these address and sends them to a remote internet server. Only contacts with an email address of either @yahoo.com or @yahoogroups.com are hit by this behaviour.

    Infected emails commonly have the subject line "New Graphic Site" and are spoofed so as to appear from "[email protected]". Users who open infected emails will be redirected to a webpage at www.av3.net/index.htm.

    Symantec Security Response senior manager Kevin Hogan said: "Unlike its predecessors, which would require the user to open an attachment in order to launch and propagate, JS-Yamanner makes use of a security hole in the Yahoo! web mail program in order to spread to other Yahoo! users. Yahoo! is a popular email tool, and although normally closed to such threats, the exploitation of this vulnerability provides access to a significant number of internet users.

    "As there is no patch at present, users are recommended to update virus definitions and firewall signatures and to block any emails sent from [email protected]." ®
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    17 USC § 1008 Prohibition on certain infringement actions:
    No action may be brought under this title alleging infringement of copyright based on the noncommercial use by a consumer for making digital musical or analog musical recordings.

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    hey, thanks for that info..got it!:bom:

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