Application Denied (An update on Yamanner)

Here’s an excerpt from an email that was sent to McAfee today:

Subject: I have written JS/Yamanner@MM Worm

Hello

I have written JS/Yamanner@MM Worm that has been discovered 12 June 2006. I found that in Yahoo! mail and use it to execute scripts ( collecting yahoo addresses from someone mail, sending this email using Ajax technology to them and then redirecting them into a sample site).

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Finally I should mention that I don’t like to disturb no one. Since I live in iran and taking a Job in good computer companies is very hard (becaue getting Visa is very hard from US) I just want to prove that I have some abilities in web programming . And I like to work with professional team like you if there is any way to do that.

Regards

(intentionally censored as not to give props’ to the author)

Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday it has contained a malicious program aimed at the millions of people who use its e-mail service, which ranks as the world’s largest.

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“We have taken steps to resolve the issue and protect our users from further attacks of this worm,” Yahoo spokeswoman Kelley Podboy said. “The solution has been automatically distributed to all Yahoo Mail customers, and requires no additional action on the part of the user.”

See: Yahoo Says E-Mail Worm Now Contained