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Apr 17^th, 2005 at 3:48am

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Is it necessary to have an AOL connection to get AIM? Or is it available without it?

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Reply #1 - Apr 17^th, 2005 at 9:43am

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you can get it for free without AOL www.downloads.com, search for AIM..... But I wouldnt get it.... in my expierance I ran into a few 'happy go lucky' Hackers who turned my comp into swiss cheese! I coulda strangled em Shocked

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Reply #2 - Apr 17^th, 2005 at 11:13am

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Fortunately, there's virtually no way for a hacker to do anything to your computer through AIM, unless you (for reasons that I'll never understand) allow them to either send you a file or "direct connect" to you when you have no idea who they are.

Common sense. I've had AIM for YEEEEEEEEEEEARS, and I've never gotten anything malicious from another user.

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Reply #3 - Apr 17^th, 2005 at 2:13pm

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these kids aint your average mate...... They somehow got my IP they sent me my own chat logs back! and I had things come up on start up that shouldnt have. Dont ask me how they did it, but they did and I had a firewall up!!!!!!!! Cheers, Gunny

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Reply #4 - Apr 17^th, 2005 at 6:01pm

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How did they send them to you? They either sent them to you via direct connect, sending the file directly through AIM or they emailed them to you as attachments....all of which should never be opened unless you know what it is. Wink

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Reply #5 - Apr 17^th, 2005 at 8:06pm

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AIM is a very unsecure piece of software. Even MSN is more secure...

AIM programs can be cracked, meaning be reverse enginerred and have certain function enabled allowing hacked versians of AIM to show your IP and other sensitive info.

In fact, if you have p2p software like kazaa, you can download a hacked versian of AIM that can give you the IP address of anyone you connect to. Other cracked versians of AIM even allowed you to sent files without the other guy's permission. This has been fixed in the newer editions.

« Last Edit: Apr 18^th, 2005 at 11:27pm by the_autopilot »

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Reply #6 - Apr 18^th, 2005 at 5:10am

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i found it here

http://www.aol.co.uk/download/

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Reply #7 - Apr 19^th, 2005 at 5:13am

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btw is AIM any good?

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Reply #8 - Apr 19^th, 2005 at 8:20am

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It's an instant messenger....I wouldn't call any of them GOOD, per se, but it does what it needs to do. lol

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Reply #9 - Apr 19^th, 2005 at 8:49pm

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MSN 7.1 is the way to go..... With MSN Plus if you want AIM like features.... Cheers, Gunny

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