On 6/12/06, KitFox <kitfox_at_firstlight.net> wrote:
> What you are seeing is a worm that SPECIFICALLY targets Yahoo Groups. The
> only way for this to be stopped is for either Yahoo to fix things, or Group
> Moderators/Owners to set the group to fully moderated and DELETE any
> messages with the worm. It may only affect people who view the groups
> Online (On the web) or with any IE-based email reader (Outlook; Outlook
> Express)... not sure if it affects other browsers or email readers.
It apparently does affect Thunderbird, if you try viewing the message
with its "Original HTML" option. The code itself is apparently
Javascript, but it still hijacks the system.
--
Zach Collins (Siege)
Received on Mon Jun 12 2006 - 10:21:31 CDT