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Information about the apstrojan.qa Trojan

 

VIRUS INFORMATION

01/31/2001 - Designed to attempt to steal America Online (4.0 and 5.0) users names and passwords and send them VIA e-mail  as well as through the "buddy list"

SYMPTOMS

This virus is sent through e-mail with the subject reading "hey you" and in the body of the mail the text "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 don't know how to then scroll down...tell me what you think of my pics ok?" 

In the e-mail the file mine.zip is attached. This file contains the virus.

HOW TO CLEAN VIRUS

To not become infected with the computer virus do not open the e-mail attachment. 

If you believe you have downloaded or opened this file obtain the latest update from your Virus Scanner developer and clean the computer using the latest update.

Index

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Virus Information

Companies:
America Online

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Updates

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