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Old 12-29-2004, 08:09 PM
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Published: December 29, 2004, 11:13 AM PST
By Robert Lemos
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

Online miscreants have released a Trojan horse that can infect computers running Microsoft's Windows XP, installing programs to remotely control a victim's system.

The program--dubbed "Phel," an anagram of "Help"--infects visitors to a maliciously-created Web site through Internet Explorer's Help controls, Symantec warned in an advisory this week. A bug in the malicious program may prevent it from infecting some computers, the security company said.

The Trojan horse exploits a vulnerability, found in October, in how Internet Explorer and Windows XP Service Pack 2 handle help files called from Web pages.

Full read:
http://news.com.com/Trojan+horse+thr...l?tag=nefd.top

Related Symantec Alert:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com...an.phel.a.html
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