I had a copy of the CD for years though after moving a few times it vanished. I remember that AOL had 5.a, b and c out when this happened. It was the "a" release if memory serves. I also remember all the hoaxes which is why I was skeptical at first when my buddy called me up (ya know, free tech support 24x7 for your pals). After trying the install myself, indeed a virus was present. We got on the horn with AOL and the nice lady who answered said they were aware of the issue and she would mail us a new CD immediately. She instructed us to pitch the bad CD in the trash but of course I kept it. The bad CD was mailed to my pal in northern Virginia (maybe 10 miles from AOL HQ) back when this happened.
Sonny From: Drsolly Sent: Thu 1/17/2008 2:50 AM To: David Harley Cc: 'Discini, Sonny'; 'FunSec [List]' Subject: RE: [funsec] AOL CD with Virus - Old Info 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. >
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