America Online targeted.(Trojan horse virus )(Brief Article)
Information Systems Auditor, April, 2001
Members of America Online (AOL) were warned to be on the lookout for a Trojan horse virus that can steal their passwords, potentially allowing a hacker to access their e-mail and other personal information.
The APStrojan.qa virus emerged towards the end of January 2001 and is the most active in a string of similar viruses affecting AOL users that have been identified over the past year.
According to a McAfee.com spokesperson, it is not clear exactly how many users have been affected, but the number is "significant". The virus has been rated medium-risk for AOL users, and low- to medium-risk for corporate users.
The AOL Trojan Horse takes the form of an attachment named "mine.zip" and spreads itself in an e-mail bearing the subject line "hey...
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