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Yahoo Steps On Worm

Chris Crum
Staff Writer
2006-06-13

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In yesterday's news, Symantec warned of a a new JavaScript worm on the loose targeting a flaw in Yahoo Mail.

In today's news, Yahoo has issued a patch to stop the spread of this worm. According to MarketWatch, the company distributed the patch to all Yahoo Email users automatically.

The JS.Yamanner@m worm had been rated as a "level 2" threat and only spread to people with Yahoo email addresses.

It came with the from line "av3@yahoo.com", the subject "New Graphic Site", and the body "this is test".

Yahoo's security guide can be found here.

About the Author:
Chris Crum is a staff writer for SecurityProNews and WebProNews.

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