Newsgroup: it.comp.sicurezza.windows
Titolo: aol birichini....

             Mirabilis' ICQ Client Searches
             For Pirate Software!
     MAKE SURE YOU PASS THIS URL ON TO ALL YOUR ICQ BUDDIES! :)
 If you have installed software that's been illegally obtained, you
will be caught!
 It's recently come to the attention of ICQ users that Mirabilis are
obtaining application
 specific data from users system registries.
 The registry value
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mirabilis\ICQ\DefaultPrefs\Auto Update
 has been built in to Mirabilis' ICQ client since its first release. 
 The original intention of this registry key was to enable automatic
ICQ version updates
 without the user needing to download the latest version of the
client. Although this was
 the original intention by Mirabilis, since the takeover by AOL this
feature has been put
 to bad use.
 It has allowed the Mirabilis server to modify your ICQ client and
send it commands
 when connecting to their servers. It's been seen to instruct PC's to
send various
 components of the system registry to the ICQ servers periodically.
This allows Mirabilis
 to see what software you have installed on your computer, serial
numbers used, your
 name, your company and in some instances even your home address!
 The information is being obtained. This could be sold to large
software vendors such
 as Microsoft who trying to combat software globally. If they have no
intention of selling
 this information taken from your computer without your knowing, why
are they doing it?
 Should You Be Worried?
 Unless you have pirate software on your computer, you have no cause
for alarm.
 If you have pirate software installed on your computer be sure that
Windows is
 registered to a fake name. If this is not the case, follow the
instructions below to
 disable this automatic updating feature installed by Mirabilis.
 How Can I Prevent Mirabilis From Doing This?
 The following instructions are intended only for those confident in
modifying the
 Windows registry using Registry Editor! (regedit.exe)
 Step One
 In registry editor find the key:
 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mirabilis\ICQ\DefaultPrefs\
 Step Two
 Change the value of Auto Update to "No"
 Should Mirabilis decide to put this feature to use by updating your
client automatically
 you will still need to download it manually.
 Macintosh and Java versions of the ICQ client are not affected!!!
 More information pertaining to this problem can be found at Wired!
surfin' fritz

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mirabilis\ICQ\DefaultPrefs\Auto Update
Beh, a parte che l'autoupdate in teoria dovrebbe disabilitarsi con
l'apposita opzione ;-) si fa prima a dire di non scaricarsi più alcuna
nuova versione di ICQ, che potrebbe essere già direttamente modificata
per essere backdoor da usarsi allo scopo indicato senza dover passare
per l'update... :-)
Bye Krmel


E' una bufala, gira da molto tempo. Sanno tutti che usare ICQ ti espone a
dei rischi di sicurezza (come tutti i programmi di chat) ma se non si fa il
lamer non dà alcun problema.
Teto

per l'update... :-)
si...ok...pero' il fascino del programmino nuovo nuovo dove lo metti?
l'emozione di risfogliare le varie preferenze per vedere i
cambiamenti.. :)
fritz un po' nerd :)

cambiamenti.. :)
Sono d'accordo, per questo dico che č inutile essere paranoici... se
si pensa che AOL sia in malafede, allora non bisogna usare proprio i
loro programmi, altrimenti li si usino e basta... 
Bye Krmel