Yahoo quickly steps on e-mail worm
"Once we were aware of it we put a solution in place," said Kelly Podboy, a spokeswoman for the Mountain View, California, company.
"It has been resolved. We don’t know how many users were impacted, but we believe it was a very small fraction."
An estimated 238 million people worldwide use Yahoo’s free Web-based e-mail service, according to a recent industry analysis.
The Yamanner worm was apparently tailored to target Yahoo Mail users, according to Podboy. Yahoo learned of the worm on Monday and automatically distributed a protective software modification that day, Podboy said.
Yahoo advised its e-mail users to make have updated anti-virus software on their computers and to block any incoming e-mail from sender "[email protected]."
"When we learn of e-mail abuse, such as a worm or other online threat, we take appropriate action," Podboy said.
"Yahoo continues to take a multi-faceted approach to protecting consumers against scams and online threats through the use of enhanced filtering and e-mail authentication technologies, industry collaboration, public policy efforts, and increasing consumer awareness."
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