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Yahoo patches flaw in webmail service

By Justin Mann

On June 14, 2006, 11:09 AM

Two days after the initial scare, the Yamanner worm has apparently been quarantined by Yahoo, and no longer poses a threat to the uninfected masses. While there are currently many people infected by the worm(a very small fraction according to Yahoo), the particular method of propagation the worm used has been eliminated, and Yahoo is advising that all users block e-mail coming from a particular address.

"We have taken steps to resolve the issue and protect our users from further attacks of this worm," Yahoo spokeswoman Kelley Podboy said. "The solution has been automatically distributed to all Yahoo Mail customers, and requires no additional action on the part of the user."
This could have been a much more severe problem, especially with the popularity of Yahoo's webmail, so it's good to see that someone was on the ball and able to get the situation resolved.

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  1. June 14, 2006 2:05 PM
    nathanskywalker said:
    One more problem come and gone. Good to know, yahoo is still one of the better mail services out there.
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  2. June 14, 2006 2:36 PM
    DragonMaster said:
    [quote] One more problem come and gone. Good to know, yahoo is still one of the better mail services out there.[/quote]What I DO know, is that they state in their conditions of use not to use Yahoo! Mail to send SPAM, but some people do it on purpose and they don't give a **** about it. (You tell them and they say that it's not their job.)
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  3. June 18, 2006 6:40 PM
    kg4qpb said:
    How Iknow if i'm infected?
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  4. June 19, 2006 11:34 AM
    DragonMaster said:
    You can't get infected. What happened is that, when you opened a "New Graphic Site" e-mail, you sent it to everyone @ yahoo.com in your address book(The fact that you open te mail is doing this. The worm isn't present on your computer). The problem is fixed so nothing can happen.
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