This email was on the Change Links list earlier today
Hi Freecyclers! There is a worm (trojan horse program) spreading that specifically targets people that use Yahoo mail (not Yahoo groups, per se, but people who read their mail on-line at Yahoo's email service. If you read your mail via the web at Yahoo, be careful because this one resides as Javascript in the message body, not in an attachment. Just opening the message can infect your computer. So far, it can be recognized by the Subject: "New Graphic Site". Delete such messages without opening. We seem to have gotten lucky with the copies sent recently apparently through [sopasadenasfreecycle], both emails had been stripped of the worm. I don't know if this worm spoofs the From address when it mails itself out, so I don't know if it is safe to assume that the person named in the From line is actually the one with the infection. Maybe not. Remember, the worm could come from anyone, but probably from an @yahoo.com email address, and might come directly to you as well as through groups. -- Shal Note: The worm cannot run on the newest version of Yahoo Mail Beta. For a detailed description: <http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[EMAIL PROTECTED]>http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[EMAIL PROTECTED] At 03:21 PM 6/12/2006, stacionline wrote: >Hello, I just opened an email that had the usual [sopasadenasfreecycle] >New Graphic Site in the subject line. I opened the email (as always) >and what showed up was forwarded messages of I don't know what and it >looked like it all was freecycle members? Someone either unknowingly >passed on this email and now I see it sent one to my email without the >[southpasadenafreecycle] in the subject. It just states New Graphic >Site. aarrghhhhhhhhhhhhh.... I have no idea what this is, but be aware >please! :( John Johnson Change-Links Progressive Newspaper [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://change-links.org Subscribe to our list server. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (818) 782-1412 Cell (818) 681-7448. === [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Home is just a click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/DHchtC/3FxNAA/yQLSAA/7gSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
