All is Vulnerable, Ask Yahoo

Yahoo learned this lesson last Monday. A software virus targeted a "small fraction" of YahooMail users. I have yahoo email accounts (6 to be exact and remembering the passwords gives me instant sinusitis really) and I am lucky I did not get the virus. Yahoo Inc. says only small fraction was affected. But if you have 200,000,000 users, that small fraction is aint small at all. I did some quick math, 0.1% (Not even 1%) of 200 million users is still a healthy 200,000 email accounts.

The worm's name is Yamanner. 'Twas contaned in the email bearing the headline "New Graphic Site." As per report, once opened (not an .exe file to be installed or .zip file to be opened), the message infects the computer readily and auto-spreads to other users listed in Yahoo users' e-mail address books. That's why these virus authors are great. They make our lives easier. No need to do anything, just open the email, walah, you're Yamannerite!