AboutCarolyn Meinel Expertise I cover Windows, Unix, TCP/IP and Ethernet security questions. I do not cover Mac, Palm Pilot, or other networking issues.
Experience Books by Carolyn Meinel: wrote a chapter for The Hacking of America book (see http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1567204600/happyhacker)
My article Code Red for the Web for Scientific American was reprinted in the book Best American Science Writing 2002 (see http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060936509/happyhacker). My book The Happy Hacker: A Guide to Mostly Harmless Hacking is now in 4th edition with a Japanese edition (see http://happyhacker.org/hhbook/).
Question aol always says that it will not ask you for your password or billing information but to download the new firewall protection I'm being asked for my password. Is this correct?
Answer You are wise to be suspicious of that request for your AOL password. You have been targeted by a "phishing" attack by criminals and definitely should not give away your AOL password to them.
To learn more about phishing attacks and how to report this crime attempt against you, see www.antiphishing.org
