Thank-you for the update. I have removed the affected
messages from the message thread history (even though they
should not be subsequently a threat) and the 'moderated
until you are deemed sensible and human' setting we default
all new members to caught quite a few messages from
distribution.
Scrapper, Black Dragon, out, out damn spot!!!!
--- KitFox <kitfox_at_firstlight.net> wrote:
> At 12:37 AM 6/12/2006, Jorge the Wolfdog wrote:
> >Forgive me for cross posting too many groups but this
> has to stop. Please,
> >is there a way to stop getting spammers from doing this?
> I may sound like
> >I'm whining but this has gone too far. Sorry again for
> cross posting.
>
> 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.
>
>
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Received on Mon Jun 12 2006 - 22:10:56 CDT