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Another AIM Trojan/Adware


From: "Piscitello, Frank" <frank () WCUPA EDU>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 11:44:05 -0500

Looks like another AOL IM profile trojan is floating around.  It creates a  profile that says "Happy Holidays 
Everyone!!!" and has a link below that to http: // www. buddypicture. net/  When the link is clicked on, your AIM 
profile is changed.  Looks like there is a function to remove the adware, but I haven't tested it yet.

-Frank

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West Chester University of PA 
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