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yahoo worm is each yahoo user's own fault...
I am not modest in the least, so...the 'worm' was due to a lesbian porn yahoo group invitation that several yahoo users opted into. The group originators did not specify their java flow parameters which in turn allowed mutations of the daily newsletters into hundreds of yahoo user emails. I'm Not sure how many people joined the group, but when I checked my email at 4am cdt, I had 2500 emails from this group in my inbox. I joined on Mon. 06/12/06. The attacks stopped after about 2hrs, once I asked the group to let me 'leave group' in the yahoo group 'edit' option.
Posted by: dszakacs   Posted on: 06/13/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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