APS Trojan.qa
The APS Trojan.qa virus is based on a trojan initially detected December 27, 1999. This is a password stealing trojan that will, upon activation, attempt to email your AOL screen names and passwords to the virus's controller. In addition, if the victim is logged onto AOL v4.0, it will send itself to AOL screen names listed in your buddylist who are currently logged onto AOL.
We highly recommend updating your anti-virus software's definition files immediately.
If you are infected with the virus, check with your anti-virus software company for assistance in removing it from your system.
Here are some specifics of the virus:
- The email will have the subject line, "hey you"
- The body of the email will typically contain this message:
hey i finally got my pics scanned..theres like 5 or 6 of them..so just download it and unzip it..and for you people who dont know how to then scroll down..tell me what you think of my pics ok?
if you dont know how to unzip then follow these steps
When you sign off, AOL will automatically unzip the file, unless you have turned this feature off in your download preferences.
If you want to do it manually then On the My Files menu on the AOL toolbar, click Download Manager. In the Download Manager window, click Show Files Downloaded. Select my file and click Decompress
- The attachment will be named, "mine.zip" (or possibly, mine.exe)
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