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JS/Yamann-A

Aliases
  • JS.Yamanner@m
  • JS_Yamaner.A
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Email messages
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 13 June 2006 12:33:12 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

JS/Yamann-A is a JavaScript worm.

JS/Yamann-A exploits a vulnerability in Yahoo! Mail that allows JS/Yamann-A to send emails.

JS/Yamann-A emails generally have the following characteristic:

Body: Note: forwarded message attached.

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