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AIM problem
Name: Dumb Geek (by bitboy) Date: May 6, 2005 at 16:44:08 Pacific OS: WinXP CPU/Ram: P4 3.2GHZ, 1GB DDR 3200
Comment:
my AOL IM was fine yesterday. but today, every time i log on AIM, tons of ads pop out. after i closed all the ads, even i minimize it, then restore it, ads pop again. what happen? any one knows?
There are many Trojan/virus that could be causing your AIM problem. What scans have you ran? Have you used a on line scan from a good company like Kaspersky, which is excellent at detecting Trojans. This site might offer you a few ideas to fix your problem
http://www.aim.com/help_faq/security/trojan.adp
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Response Number 2
Name: hdedmund Date: May 11, 2005 at 16:17:29 Pacific
Reply:
Greetings Bitboy, What u need to do is sign off from AIM.Once sign off you need to disable messenger service from your computer. Then u need to install registry fix http://winsupportcenter.com/downloads/antioscar.zip Make sure u delete all Internet temp file, Temp,Cookies, run spybot, Ad-aware, Microsoft anit spyware, hijackthis. Update all anti virus software and scan your hd Another good website to check out is http://winwsupportcenter.com
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