WTF... AIM?

[Cadop]

I was sitting here watching TV with AIM on my computer when I hear it start talking. I look over and at the top, an ad is playing some sort of commercial... WTF? When did they start doing this?

 

[SWScorch]

a little while ago. Pisses me off to no end grrrr

 

[JonnyBlaze]

that just happerned to my girl too. i was wondering what the hell caused it.

JB

 

[thirtythree]

long time ago...

 

[Buttzilla]

haha the annoying ones are those that you can't turn the sound off.

 

[Kadarin]

Very annoying. I have noticed this in the past as well. In addition, AIM installs a couple of third-party programs of dubious value.

 

[Cadop]

Maybe I should go back to using DeadAim or something. This ad crap is annoying.

 

[Ikonomi]

I :heart: U, Trillian.

I had no idea AIM played commercials at you. Geesh.

 

[TitanDiddly]

DeadAIM! W00t!

 

[marquee]

if you go into the AIM folder, there's a file aim.odl. open it with a text editor like notepad or something. comment out all the lines that load advert with a semicolon ;. i've heard this prevents AIM from downloading new ads with those annoying sounds

 

[Cadop]

Can't find anything referencing advert in that file.

 

[Chumpman]

www.trillian.cc

 

[Anubis]

Use trillian
or teh newest version of Dead AIM i beleive it fixed it

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Chumpman
www.trillian.cc

than no longer redirects you to the page

http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/

 

[rh71]

another vote for Trillian... can never go back to those individual messengers. It makes everything so simple.

 

[Cadop]

What is so great about Trillian other than having one program for all messengers?

Just looking for a little enlightenment.

 

[ThisIsMatt]

I use an older version of aim with deadaim...works nice.

 

[MrScott81]

see sig

 

[spamsk8r]

iChat for me, Macs own

 

[H34D0N]

If you download PeerGaurdian it blocks all ad's coming off AIM

 

[tarheelmm]

Originally posted by: Ikonomi
I :heart: U, Trillian.

q]

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Cadop
What is so great about Trillian other than having one program for all messengers?

Just looking for a little enlightenment.

you can skin it also, there are no adds, its also free, it has cool plugins

 

[JoPh]

google it. there are ways to edit aim files to block the talking ads. or edit the host file.

i forgot the site.