any yahoo mail users get this

Dear user of Yahoo.com gateway e-mail server,

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.

Further details can be obtained from attached file.

Have a good day,
The Yahoo.com team



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i have gotten this e-mail twice today and am not touching the attatchment unless anyone thinks i should ....................should i????????????this came in my bulk mail box but i have had important e-mails go into bulk so thats why i check the bulk mail too.anyway has anyone else other than me gotten this e-mail ????????please reply if you have i'm freaking out here:p thanks in adavance.

marylyn

I don't open ANYTHING from ANYONE I don't recognize. Sometimes my curiosity really bugs me to see what it is that's being sent. But I've been careful and so far, my computer hasn't crashed or caught a virus. If it's someone I know but don't recognize the name, and it's that important, they'll ask me if I got their e-mail. They can always send it again.

I'd send the e-mail to Yahoo and ask them if they've sent it. They will confirm whether they did or not. In the meantime, I'd delete it. MOST computers already have an anti-virus program in it you can run.

Just keep saying to yourself..."Curiosity crashed the computer, curiosity crashed the computer"

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Originally posted by moosmom
Just keep saying to yourself..."Curiosity crashed the computer, curiosity crashed the computer"

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LOL! :D I like that better than the other saying!

There are a lot of these going around right now, I just read a similar thing at my work and our tech dept. just advised us all that it is a virus.......DON'T OPEN ANYTHING!!!!!!......tom

I just got home and it was in our Yahoo mail too. I sent it on to [email protected]. I knew it was fake because I have several e mail addresses in my book that are mine. And I did not get an e mail from myself at any of these accounts. It also had an attachement, but I didn't open it.
Katz

I use Yahoo, but I have not got anything like that. I delete all spam stuff. I don't do any shoping on the internet anyway.

here is what [email protected] wrote back to me:

blah, blah, blah, don't open any e mails with attachments!


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.)

In addition, the body of the message will contain a message indicating
that your account has been disabled, warn you about attacks on your
e-mail account, inform you that a large amount of viruses have been
detected coming from your email account, or that complaints about spam
from your email account have been reported. It will also state that
more
information is available when you open the attached file. Please do not
download or open the attached file.

For more information on this particular worm, you may visit:

http://[email protected]

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.

It's not just Yahoo users. I get that email to my petoftheday.com address, and to my address at work and to several other email addresses. It's a virus. Delete the email, don't open the attachment.

(I'm on a Mac, so most viruses don't affect me, but better safe than sorry.)

We got a similar e-mail last week. My beloved opened the .exe file and now we have the Worm Bagel J virus, a most lively and active worm I must say :mad: It has resisted numerous attempts to kill it off, but I think we've got it now.