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To: Ben Antanaitis who wrote (22964)	7/3/1998 1:31:00 PM
From: George Papadopoulos	Respond to of 42771

Off topic;) Friday, July 03, 1998 Top Stories DR. SOLOMON'S: New attack on Windows 95/NT users from password stealing Trojan horse JUL 2, 1998, M2 Communications - Dr. Solomon's has discovered a new password stealing Trojan horse that targets Windows 95/NT Dial-up networking. The Trojan horse which steals ISP passwords and e-mails them to its author is the first Trojan of its kind to target Windows 95/NT users. Password stealing Trojan horses have previously been almost exclusively confined to specific online content providers. By stealing the password and user identity, the Trojan horse gives its author unlimited access to the user's network or ISP accounts which can then be used illegally. The original user can even be blocked from their own account while still being blamed for the actions of the Trojan horse's author. The Trojan horse exploits the fact that Windows 95/NT saves the password linked with a given user ID in the Windows sub-directory so that it can be automatically supplied when the user logs on. The Trojan horse searches the user's phonebook for a list of phone numbers and the latest User ID for each entry. It then e-mails this information plus a copy of the Windows password 'cache' to its author. Although the password information is encrypted, decryption programs are freely available on the Internet. Graham Cluley of Dr Solomon's said "Until very recently password stealing Trojan horses were aimed, almost entirely at a small number of online content providers. This is the first Trojan horse of its type to target Windows 95 via Dial-up networking. The rest of the anti-virus industry are chasing after imaginary Java and ActiveX viruses. Only Dr Solomon's are tackling the real threat." The threat from Trojan horses has increased with the growth of Internet and the world wide web. Traditionally, Trojan horses could only be transferred via a bulletin board or floppy disk. Now it is possible to post a Trojan horse onto the net reaching a potential user audience of millions. Dr Solomon's are providing tools which detect and disinfect this type of attack. More information is available at drsolomon.com dial.html andovernews.com