AOL Password Stealer

· Overview ·
· Origins ·
· Operation ·
· Detection and Removal ·
· Research ·

Overview

Alias:

 Trojan.PSW.Akcom.d

Category:

Password Capture: A variant of the Key Logger that captures passwords as they are entered or transmitted. Some password capture trojans impersonate the login prompt, asking the user to provide their password.

Similar Pests:

 Password Capture

Origins

Author:

 AKcom

Group:

 Kcom.org

By This Group:

 AT&T PasswordStealer ·

URL:

 http://www.kcom.org

Programming Language:

 Delphi

Date of Origin:

 April, 2002

Operation

ScreenShot:


AOL Password Stealer


AOL Password Stealer

Detection and Removal

Automatic Removal:

PestPatrol detects this.

PestPatrol removes this.

Research

More Info:
  • AllTheWeb, AltaVista, AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Google, HotBot, Lycos, LookSmart, MSN, Yahoo!
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    Research By:
  • PestPatrol's Pest Research Center
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    Last Revised:

    		 July 20, 2004