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Serious AIM Security Hole Could Invite Worms - Expert | |
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| Time: 12:49 EST/17:49 GMT | News Source: NewsBytes | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
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A security flaw in America Online's popular online chat program could allow a remote attacker silently to penetrate the computer of users of the software, security experts said today. The vulnerability in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) for Windows could enable a malicious person to write a self-propagating program, or "worm," that could use AIM to spread itself to users in a victim's "buddy list," according to the security research group that discovered the bug, w00w00 Security Development. | ||
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| #1 By 20 (168.215.253.242) at 1/2/2002 12:57:10 PM |
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So where are the naysayers and Peguinistas to tear apart AOL and call them the worst company to have ever existed?
But wait... what's this? I thought MS was the only company that had security problems. |
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