The AOL project, formerly code-named K2 for Karakorum, has been dogged by security lapses. One teenager, who calls himself "Kenton," says he has been legally obtaining details of the project for months, posting them on his Web site, and sharing them with other AOL aficionados intent on tracking every step of the project.

An "alpha" version of AOL 6.0 was available for download this morning at Techpages.com.

The online giant confirmed that the download was an alpha test version of its upcoming AOL 6.0 software.

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