His attack was a single line of JavaScript that performed two functions. First, it set up an error handler that would download and run a malicious file from the internet. Then it directed the AIM client to try and display a non-existent image from the web. Because the image link was broken, AIM 6.5 followed the error instructions and turned over the victim’s computer to the attack.
Dec
5
Once you have entered your AIM login information, your AIM contacts will appear immediately with your Gmail contacts. The feature also allows you to select an AIM contact and chat directly with them instantaneously. However, there is a catch. The new feature is only available to the users who use English Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2. However, Google joining hands with AOL for new combined chat tools might be a start of further things to come.
Dec
5
Yesterday, Google announced that you can now login talk to AOL Instant Messenger uses via Google Talk, through Google Talk’s Gmail interface. Making the two instant messaging tools work together is a feature promised way back when AOL and Google formed a strategic alliance in December 2005.
Dec
5
After introducing colored labels earlier this week, Google now seems to be rolling out a web-based client for AOL Instant Messenger chatting as part of Gmail. You will still need an AIM account, as Google Talk and AOL are not joining forces, but Google is merely using the Open AIM framework. Ionut Alex. Chitu foreshadowed this functionality in his blog a while ago .
Dec
5
Gmail users who love the ease of chatting with their buddies from right within the Gmail interface have one more reason to be happy. Starting today Gmail users can sign into their AIM accounts via Gmail chat and talk with AIM buddies just as they do with their Google Talk friends. Apart from that, features such as chat history and automatic sorting of buddies based on frequency of communication, will work seamlessly across Google and AIM buddies.