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AIM 5.5 sucks. Immediately uninstall it and get 5.2.3292. First of all, the buddy list window seems to be getting smaller with each release and now the ads contain sound, video and macromedia flash. The screenname linking is retarded. It would have been better off if they made AIM clone instead of this. I don’t know what they were trying to prove. And they think they’re so swift adding games and such. Games can be played on other websites. The point of AIM is to chat, not to play games. AIM is becoming cluttered with shit that lags your computer.. Invisibility was added. Big shit… That could be done with AOL anyway… The only improvement is notifications, which can be annoying, especially if you have lots of people on your buddy list.

Finally, it installs a shitload of WildTangent spyware (about 70 registry keys of shit, and 30+ files). That’s right! AIM now with spyware. Use AdAware and remove AIM. I am not using this version until I can figure out some stuff…

Here’s some stuff that ALL versions of AIM install and you can safely remove them. First of all, “Viewpoint Media Player” is a useless piece of crap that you can uninstall because it does nothing. Also, In your C:/Program Files folder, delete the “aod” folder. This is useless crap that installs AOL for Broadband links on your desktop, favorites and start menu (when you first install AIM) It’s not used after that and is a waste.

I will not be home from tonight until Friday morning. Expect me NOT to be online.

Finally!!! After months of problems, I can finally get the current Winamp song that is playing into my profile and it will update automatically after each song change. Just check out the AIM profile for Jpcef.

Out of boredom, I downloaded the beta of Windows Longhorn, which is a new Windows operating system that will be released in 2005. I took a spare computer I don’t really care about and loaded it there. Of course, Microsoft makes it hard to find, and its scattered into like 46 separate parts all over the internet. It looks sort of like Windows XP, only its a lot more blue…. It’s probably unstable and a big waste, so I’ll be formatting that drive and putting XP back shortly.

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There is a new AIM malicious thingy that uses holes in Windows (how surprising) to send itself out to everyone on your buddy list. It’s not a profile trojan (those have been removed from the internet) This only happens if you receive an IM from someone which says “check this out… http://www.wgutv.com/osama_capture.php” I clicked it but It did not load so I was spared. If you click on it it’s supposed to be a game of some sort, but while you’re playing it modifies the registry to start up spyware every time your computer boots. If anyone receives this IM do not click it. Make sure you have the latest virus definitions and the latest Windows Updates.