RE: AOL CD with Virus - Old Info

["Discini, Sonny" <Sonny.Discini () montgomerycountymd gov>]

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
>
>
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