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Written by Update News
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Wednesday, 29 December 2004 |
Trojan horse threatens latest Windows XP
Online miscreants have released a Trojan horse that can infect
computers running Microsoft's Windows XP, installing programs to
remotely control a victim's system.
The program--dubbed "Phel," an anagram of "Help"--infects visitors to a
maliciously-created Web site through
Internet Explorer's Help controls, Symantec warned in an advisory this
week. A bug in the malicious program may prevent it from infecting some
computers, the security company said.
Trojan.Phel.A is a Trojan horse program, which is distributed as an .html file, and attempts to exploit the Microsoft Internet Explorer HTML Help Control Local Zone Security Restriction Bypass Vulnerability (BID 11467). |
