Trojan targets AOL Instant Messenger users
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A new spam mailing spreading malicious programs from the Trojan.PWS.Panda famil, in particular Trojan.PWS.Panda.220, has been registered.
Messages aiming to spread the Trojan target users of AOL Instant Messenger. A user is notified that his account has been suspended and will deleted in 72 hours.
To solve this problem the user needs to download a critical AIM update. In fact the “update” is a malicious program.
Criminals found a peculiar way to solve the problem when malicious sites spreading Trojans are closed down. A message informs would-be-victims that the AIM update link is generated individually and has a short life time. If the link delivered by the message doesn’t work, the user can get another link with a message that would arrive later.
