is there a new virus that nicks aol passwords ?

Hi guys i was just wondering if there was a virus that steals the user's passwords because we have had 3 computers come in yesterday with exactly the same problem. there password gets rejected.

thanx mike :)

Hi Mike

BugBear will copy passwords and send them to the author of the virus in Malaysia. Don't know if this has anything to do with your problem, run a cleaning utility if you are in doubt (available at any of the AV sites). BF

Thanx for your reply.

is it just the author of the virus that can steal the passwords ? because what would he want with ppl's aol details when he lives in Malaysia it looks like somebody has gone in and changed the passwords.

Many thanx mike

I have spoken with aol re Bugbear stealing aol passwords and they have informed me through Tech Chat that it is a hoax and that aol is secure.

I have also sent an email to aol customer services and I await a reply.

Hi TJolly

I'm not surprise that AOL say that, they are past masters at misinformation. Bugbear has a keylogger, that means that if you are infected your keystrokes are logged and sent to addresses the author encoded into the virus program. Keystrokes include passwords.

Following is a quote from an antivirus site:-

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The keylogging component of W32/Bugbear-A (the DLL) hooks the keyboard input so that it records keystrokes to memory. When the user next connects to the internet using a dial-up connection, the worm sends this information to one of the following remote email addresses

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To read the full information click here. BF

Why would anyone steal an AOL password? Perhaps to log on as the account owner and charge purchases to the credit card that AOL charges? I don't know if that's possible but ...

Any trojan that includes a keylogger can steal passwords..

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Originally posted by jerryctx
Why would anyone steal an AOL password? Perhaps to log on as the account owner and charge purchases to the credit card that AOL charges? I don't know if that's possible but ...

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I would assume that the key logging would be recording all the password not just AOL's. Several years ago one of my wife's cousin's got hit by a virus? that nicked the password. Whoever got it changed the password so she could not log on. Then the mailing address was changed and stuff was charged to the AOL account that in turn went to the crdit card and sent to the address of record which turned out to be a vacant home.

Of course when she could not log in her kids reinstalled AOL untill there was no free space on the hard drive.

Mike3d

If there wasn't one there is now! Read here.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com...aimvision.html

it says it was discovered on the 17th of october hmmm but how long has it actually been out there ?

thanx for posting back :)