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Security Advisory: AIM reads MSIE cache

fafalone
in Computer Science

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AOL Instant Messenger (4.8.2790, probably other versions as well) reads files in the Internet Explorer cache that are not related to content used within the program. This can be verified by Windows error messages when files become corrupted and AIM attempts to read them.

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i dunno, i don't even know if the data is sent to the server, i just caught the bastard reading my cache constantly. because windows always gets these stop errors that instantly reset the computer, corrupting files, especially ones in the cache.

Well, that'll teach you to use AIM, won't it?

 

:P

Righto.

 

I use Trillian simply because it means I don't need 5 separate clients open for Yahoo!, AIM, ICQ, MSN and IRC.

 

It does need regular updates to keep up with security threats though :-(

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