April 29, 2002
AOL's AIM Puts Browser Security in Danger
AOL's AIM Puts Browser Security in Danger
The installation process of AIM on a PC covertly forces Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) browsers to accept "Welcome to America Online" at free.aol.com as a "Trusted site," according to an article in Security Wire Digest. When a Web site is in the trusted zone, the user is not alerted when a cookie or file is downloaded to a user's PC.
Posted by rshah at April 29, 2002 12:00 PM