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Worm Attacks Yahoo! Mail
Early Monday, June 12, 2006, it was discovered that the most popular Web based e-mail of Yahoo! was being exploited. The threat is a mass mailing worm that uses a vulnerability within JavaScript to allow itself into unsuspecting PCs. J.S.Yomanner@m is the name given to it by the Symantec corporation
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Immediately after you get done reading this newsletter, you should put the address av3@yahoo.com into your Blocked Addresses List. This is easy and only takes a few seconds.
1. Open up and log into your Yahoo! e-mail account.
2. Go over the far right of the main interface and select Options.
3. From within the Options page, choose the option to Block Addresses.
av3@yahoo.com. Select the button "Block It," which will add it to the list and Yahoo! will block it.
There is also talk that the Yahoo! Mail Beta service is not susceptible to this exploit, but you have to put your name on a list and wait for what could be a couple of weeks before your name comes up.
So, remember: Stay up-to-date on all security software and within your operating system. Highly scrutinize your e-mail and block the e-mail address (av3@yahoo.com) in you Yahoo! account. If you do all of this, you should be fine. Until next week, stay safe out there.
Early Monday, June 12, 2006, it was discovered that the most popular Web based e-mail of Yahoo! was being exploited. The threat is a mass mailing worm that uses a vulnerability within JavaScript to allow itself into unsuspecting PCs. J.S.Yomanner@m is the name given to it by the Symantec corporation
New Graphics Site.
Immediately after you get done reading this newsletter, you should put the address av3@yahoo.com into your Blocked Addresses List. This is easy and only takes a few seconds.
1. Open up and log into your Yahoo! e-mail account.
2. Go over the far right of the main interface and select Options.
3. From within the Options page, choose the option to Block Addresses.
av3@yahoo.com. Select the button "Block It," which will add it to the list and Yahoo! will block it.
There is also talk that the Yahoo! Mail Beta service is not susceptible to this exploit, but you have to put your name on a list and wait for what could be a couple of weeks before your name comes up.
So, remember: Stay up-to-date on all security software and within your operating system. Highly scrutinize your e-mail and block the e-mail address (av3@yahoo.com) in you Yahoo! account. If you do all of this, you should be fine. Until next week, stay safe out there.
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