Which version of AIM was the last without sound ads?

[TheBoyBlunder]

Any helpful answers are appreciated.

 

[Reliant]

I don't know, but they were getting annoying, so I just editted my hosts file, now i have no ads at all.

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: Reliant
I don't know, but they were getting annoying, so I just editted my hosts file, now i have no ads at all.

what settings?

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

Originally posted by: Reliant
I don't know, but they were getting annoying, so I just editted my hosts file, now i have no ads at all.

Yes, please share...

 

[jonmullen]

he means the windows host file to resolve the aol ad server to 127.0.0.1 basically blocking them

 

[rainypickles]

Originally posted by: jonmullen
he means the windows host file to resolve the aol ad server to 127.0.0.1 basically blocking them

for the lazy (me), what are those above-mentioned ad-server(s)?

 

[ClueLis]

You could also get GAIM, Miranda, or Trillian, and you won't have any ads either.

 

[SALvation]

I'm running 4.7.2480 with no ads. I think its a few years old though.

 

[LouPoir]

Yeah - those sounds ads are really annoying

 

[RollWave]

go for trillian, I bought pro two years ago and I couldnt be happier.

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: rnp614
go for trillian, I bought pro two years ago and I couldnt be happier.

 

[clicknext]

Trillian

Can't ICQ do AIM as well?... Though ICQ is a pretty crappy program in my opinion.

 

[oog]

Originally posted by: rainypickles

Originally posted by: jonmullen
he means the windows host file to resolve the aol ad server to 127.0.0.1 basically blocking them

for the lazy (me), what are those above-mentioned ad-server(s)?

127.0.0.1 ads.web.aol.com
127.0.0.1 ar.atwola.com

 

[FearoftheNight]

newb question: how do u edit these files? hsot files?

 

[mbackof]

Use notepad to edit C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts or c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts on a Windows system. Add the
127.0.0.1 ads.web.aol.com
127.0.0.1 ar.atwola.com
lines to the bottom of the file. Save and close.
On Solaris the hosts file is on /etc/hosts
I'm not sure if it is in the same place on other UNIX distributions.

Essentially what it does is it resolves site names to the ip specified instead of going out to the domain name server for name resolution. So when AOL tries to resolve its ad server name, it gets directed to the local machine, and cannot get a response, so the ads go away. It still chews up CPU clock cycles.

Mike