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| Instant Messages or Instant Messengers?
Many vendors offering Instant Messaging (IM) services have
added new capabilities such as voice messaging and file sharing.
Among others, AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo offer these IM services.
Clients of Instant Messaging services are also easy prey for the
community of hackers. Using a simple monitoring program, the
plain text from Instant Messaging can be easily captured and
creates vulnerability to electronic eavesdropping.
In one version of AOL’s Instant Messenger, aka AIM, a user was
found to have been the target of a hacker attack. The villainous
hacker had crafted a URL which, when clicked by the user with
AIM on their desktop, allowed the hacker to execute a virus on
the victim’s system. What is particularly sinister about this is
that AIM does not have to be running for this type of virus to
deployed.
Another avenue of attack is when victims are simply sent an HTML
email with a link that when clicked will execute one or all of
the following: a privilege elevation attack, a denial of service
attack, or the installation of a backdoor for later use, to name
a few.
Using a computer phone service that operates on secure lines
with high end encryption codec on proprietary patented
technology that features IM capability will optimally protect
you against these vicious hacker attacks.
By Dee Scrip © All rights reserved. Dee Scrip
About the author:
The above information is an excerpt taken from an in-depth and
exclusive Report entitled “Why Hackers Love Computer Phones – A
Shocking Report You Must Read!” available only at
http://www.whypay4calls.com/gtp/to.pl?l=ART-01
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