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Since AOL has decided to pack AIM full of junk such as Weatherbug and WildTangent, I've been looking around for a quality "stripper". This application works on AIM 5.5.3599. It removes the add windows and a bunch of other configurable options. It will even DL and install the proper version of AIM. I tested this on a fresh install of XP and a spybot scan turns up nothing after this is installed.
http://aftermath.dyndns.org:8888/~aimadhack/
--TH13
:p
With alternatives such as Trillian, Gaim, and DeadAim for windows that already eliminates that bit of spyware, hassel and general uglies, not sure why anyone would be using the official client anyways. Otherwise, a very good find horse :) I'll pass it along.
Dude!! You're Married!Quote:
But if you really want, you can come visit, I know a few strippers that may help you out.
Heh. SHHHHHH!!! You'll scare away all the chicks dude! ;)
Yeah, this is for those who are forced to use AIM for whatever reason. For me, it's my kids who insist on the AIM chat client.
Here is a stripper for you Horse.....lol
Brought to you direct from the Dirty Cowboy's Coral! Doggon Cowboy that's sweet enough to cause tooth decay. Better clear my cache and brush my teeth.
:D
All seriousness aside, I don't use AIM, however my son does and this will work great on his box. Thanks for the use of the stripper, I mean the information of course.
cheers
Hrmm, I use it to stay in contact with virtually everyone I know (since most people use it). I don't think it's that bad a program and while there are some hazard's to using it, it's mostly harzard's caused by user stupidity. So IMO it's a pretty good chat client.Quote:
Yeah, this is for those who are forced to use AIM for whatever reason.
In any sense, thanks thehorse for the link. Definitely going to check that out, compare, etc.
Mox,
WOW!!
Keep em comin!!
:)
Yeh, mox make my PM box happy ;) I especially liked that one, nice ass.. :D
if you dont have to have the latest version, get an earlier version and download something like middleman or deadaim. i recommend dead aim, it logs all your convo's for you and you can clone instead of havin to link them together which sucks, deadaim is awesome and it removes the banners and adds and stuff. i dont see much useful updates in the latest one except the video, and no one hardly uses it. AIM updated their stuff to what deadaim and aim+ all made before aol, i highly recommend them. search on google for deadaim, aim+ by big-o-software, and middleman.
middleman's site is down (to my knowledge) for a week or two. And DeadAIM would screw up my regular AIM so I'm debating on either one.
Deadaim was a disaster, I remember past errors with it. Ditch additions to AIM and just get away from the origonal client completely.
http://www.trillian.cc
1. No ads
2. No spyware
3. Runs MSN, AIM, ICQ, IRC, and Yahoo all by itself (without extra software), all with a smaller memory footprint than the origonal AIM client by itself
4. Logs conversations automagically
5. SecureIM control built into the protocol
6. skinnable
7. Free
Is that what you are on now? Because I see you on AIM now pooh ;)
BTW: Trillian sound's good (especially the way you just described it) but I've heard some sorta buggy thing's about it if ya know what I mean. Dunno though, I might check it out who know's.
Before any one goes and jumps on Trillian, perhaps you had better do a quick 'AO' search and find this thread: http://www.antionline.com/showthread...trillian+crack
It just might change your mind a little.
moxnix: It's reason's such as those (and the security risks) why I said I didn't know if I was going to switch over to Trillian. Like I said, I heard it had a few bug's and whatnot security-wise.
I went through a similar problem a while back, deadaim sucks, aim has tons of ads.
But I found a good program free of charge.
GAIM
Many of you might now it from linux distros. Well they made a version for Windows. I've been using it for about 6 months now. It has no ads and is very strait forward.
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/downloads.php
enjoy
That isn't account passwords, that's local passwords. There is a menu on trillian that allows for user profiles so people can alternate between buddylists and it requires a password and username. This is not meant to prevent people from loading trillian, as the developers have said time and time again. If you want to protect your desktop, lock it.Quote:
Before any one goes and jumps on Trillian, perhaps you had better do a quick 'AO' search and find this thread:
It just might change your mind a little.
It isn't meant to be a layer of security, but to help distinguish different users.
It isn't your AIM, MSN, Yahoo, or ICQ passwords that's exploitable, those are still just as safe as anything else.
It can still be safely used in a multi-user situation, so long as you don't tell it to remember your account passwords on bootup. If you are the only user, then who cares.
Too much smoke and mirrors without any real research guys. Complaining about the security of something not meant for security makes as much sense as whining that firefox doesn't require you to 'login' to use the browser so other people can't use your saved passwords.
Love it for linux, won't use it for windows. It still won't transfer files efficiently or even at all most of the time in windows, as the protocols are still be written. That, and the memory footprint is huge compared to Trillian. (13-16 megs versus 5 - 6 megs, not counting the gtk2 enviroment ram)Quote:
GAIM
Well, for now I deal with nAIM when on *nix, AIM (regular version) during window's. This will probably be until middleman is up and working again or until I like DeadAIM.