I don't remember any AOL-related incidents, other than hoaxes.

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, David Harley wrote:

> > I forget who asked about this but about 1999ish, a buddy of mine 
> > received a 5.X install disk from AOL. After he installed the software, 
> > he had an infection. I don't recall the name of it but I do know that 
> > when he called AOL, they were very aware of the issue.
> 
> Still don't recognize this. There was a rumour around 1995 that AOL floppies
> were infected with BUPT, but AOL claimed that there were no verified
> instances, and there was a CIAC advisory to that effect. There were loads of
> AOL-connected virus hoaxes, of course.
> 
> --
> David Harley
> 
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