Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Worm hits Yahoo e-mail

The most popular email service hit by virus.

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. To protect your computer from the virus update firewall and virus protection and block any e-mail sent from the address "av3@yahoo.com." Good news though.. "The worm cannot run on the newest version of Yahoo Mail Beta," Symantec's site said. [Yahoo/Reuters]

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