On Friday,April 16th I received E Mail from a source claiming to be
Yahoo. It said it was from staff@.... It did not have the
trademark red "Y" by it, AND had an attatchment. I became suspicious
and E Mailed Yahoo customer care and asked if it came from them.This
was my E Mail to them.(done by copy/paste);Original Message Follows: -
------------------------ >>REDFRMCON Name: Joe Yahoo! ID:
kissman652001 Type of feedback: Question Problem area: Account
security Error message: Other... (included below) How often this
occurs: Not Applicable

Type your feedback here: I received an E mail from staff@...
</ym/Compose?
To=staff@...&YY=65234&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b>
with an attatchment...This is what it says "Dear user of e-mail
server "Yahoo.com", Our antivirus software has detected a large
ammount of viruses outgoing from your email account, you may use our
free anti-virus tool to clean up your computer software. For further
details see the attach.
For security reasons attached file is password protected. The
password is "48402". Sincerely, The Yahoo.com team
<http://www.yahoo.com>" Is this from you? Thanks Joe aka
Kissman652001


This was Yahoo's reply. (done by copy/paste);


Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 02:02:00 -0700 To: kissman652001@...
Subject: Re: Feedback - Question - Account security
(KMM10250123V78892L0KM) From: "Yahoo!Mail" <mail-abuse@...>

Hello, Thank you for contacting Yahoo! Customer Care. Recently,
there have been reports of theW32.Beagle.J@mm/W32/Bagle.j@mm worm
virus spreading quickly across email networks. Typical of worms, the
W32.Beagle.J@mm worm propagates itself by sending a mass email with
an infected attachment to email addresses found in an infected
computer's files (e.g., address books, text files, etc.).

Infected attachments may come in the form of the following
files: .zip or .pif. The .zip file contains a password-protected .exe
file with the 5-digit password mentioned in the email. In addition,
the email that is sent out by the worm will contain a forged email
address in the "From:" field of the email header beginning with one
of the following: management@, administration@, staff@, noreply@, or
support@.

Therefore, email users may receive an infected message and it may
appear to have come from a familiar domain, when in fact, it came
from a totally different source. (Note: The forging of the email
header may also result in users receiving "Failure Delivery" messages
for messages they never sent out. If you receive such a message, we
encourage you to just delete it.)

For more information on this particular worm, you may visit:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/pf/w32.beagle.
j@...


It is important to note that Yahoo! Mail is a web-based email system.
Your email messages, address book, and other account information are
stored on Yahoo!'s servers, rather than on your computer. Because
most viruses and worms infect your local computer, it is very
unlikely that this worm would propagate through a Yahoo! Mail
account. Furthermore, simply viewing your email messages in Yahoo!
Mail does not make your computer vulnerable to the worm. Attachments
sent along with emails are not a threat to your system if you do not
download or open them. However, if you choose to download or open an
email attachment, your computer does become vulnerable to computer
viruses and worms. The same is true of all files you download to your
computer, whether email attachments or not.

Always keep in mind that there is a risk involved whenever
downloading email attachments to your computer or sending email
attachments to others. As stated in the Yahoo! Terms of Service,
neither Yahoo! nor its licensors are responsible for any damages
caused by your decision to do so. The Yahoo! Mail Abuse team
recommends that you never download files from an unknown source.
As a general rule, we recommend that you always choose to scan email
attachments for viruses before downloading them, even if the sender
may be familiar to you. Following these suggestions will greatly
reduce your likelihood of experiencing trouble from computer viruses
and worms. If you believe you have a virus or worm on your system, we
recommend that you run an anti-virus program with the latest updates.
You may also choose to contact your computer's user support group for
assistance. Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Customer Care.


Regards, Andrew Yahoo! Customer Care <http://www.yahoo.com/> 7631756


BE CAREFULL WHAT YOU OPEN! Thanks Joe