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New Trojan horse threatens Windows XP

Windows XPComputers running Microsoft Windows XP can be infected by a new Trojan horse, program remotely controlled in a victim's system, even after it is patched with Microsoft's latest Service Pack 2, IT security company Symantec warned Wednesday.

The program -- dubbed "Phel", an anagram of "Help" -- infects visitors to a malicious website through Internet Explorer's Help controls, Symantec warned in an advisory.



  
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