AOL Gold Trojan

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Updated:: February 13, 2007 11:33:55 AM
Also Known As:: AOLGOLD.ZIP
Type:: Trojan Horse

AOL Gold Trojan is a trojan horse program first reported as being distributed through America Online e-mail in early November 1995. Attached to this message was an archive file named AOLGOLD.ZIP. A README.TXT file included in the archive describes the attached program as a new and improved version of the America Online interface.

The .ZIP archive contained two files:
INSTALL.EXE
README.TXT

Likelihood: Rare
Region reported: America Online e-mail
Characteristics: Unknown
Target platform: DOS
Trigger date: None

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version December 19, 2000
Latest Rapid Release version December 19, 2000
Initial Daily Certified version December 19, 2000
Latest Daily Certified version December 19, 2000
Initial Weekly Certified release date pending

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Threat Assessment

Wild

Wild Level: Low
Number of Infections: 0 - 49
Number of Sites: 0 - 2
Geographical Distribution: Low
Threat Containment: Easy
Removal: Easy

Damage

Damage Level: Low

Distribution

Distribution Level: Low

Technical Details

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