AIM Abomination 2

Overview

Category

AOL Pest: Any password stealer, exploit, DoS attack, or ICQ hack aimed at users of AOL.ICQ is an instant messenger service from mirabilis.com, now AOL. ICQ is a favorite service among hackers, and ICQ features are built into many trojans (such as stealing user's passwords, UINs, or notifying the hacker). Users of ICQ are warned ""By using the ICQ service and software... you may be subject to various risks, including... Spoofing, eavesdropping, sniffing, spamming, breaking passwords, harassment, fraud, forgery, 'imposturing', electronic trespassing, tampering, hacking, nuking, system contamination including without limitation use of viruses, worms and Trojan horses causing unauthorized, damaging or harmful access and/or retrieval of information and data on your computer and other forms of activity that may even be considered unlawful.""

Origins

Author

Brennan's Computer

Date of Origin

November, 1999

Detection and Removal

Manual Removal

Follow these steps to remove AIM Abomination 2 from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.

Stop Running Processes:

Kill these running processes with Task Manager:

Remove Files:

Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:

AHS AIDSInformationTrojan AIM.VB.A AIM1.87 AIM3K AIMAbomination2 AIMEvilDoer AIMFake AIMFatal AIMForge