AIM virus

STEVE · **AIM virus**

i was reading on another forum of a virus on aim, where somone wil aim you saying hey check this out and its a link when you click it its a virus. now you may say well i dont click on people randombly aim me, well the thing is that its sending it out automatically from people that have you on their buddy list. so say i have it and your on my buddy list, it will seem like i sent it to you when in fact it was not me . so watch out guys.

WhiteStang99 · 05-02-2005, 01:30 AM

I got one of those yesterday. It was from a friend, but it looked fishy, so I closed it.

**Brent** · 05-02-2005, 01:30 AM

Yea welcome to a year ago

STEVE · 05-02-2005, 01:32 AM


Quote: Originally Posted by Brent Yea welcome to a year ago

brent not every one knows everything about the internet. <a href> owns you btw.

**MonteCitan** · 05-02-2005, 09:11 AM

Hahaha I've been getting a lot of these lately.. seems like its' spawned up..

232stang01 · 05-02-2005, 10:33 AM

AIM is a virus.

KrazyPony · 05-02-2005, 12:31 PM


Quote: Originally Posted by 232stang01 AIM is a virus.

I told my grand father one time AOL was too, so short story short he is not on AOL anymore !

**PureVenom** · 05-02-2005, 12:49 PM

Saying that AOL has a virus is pretty redundant. AOL IS a virus. It is the second most widely spread virus in the world...second only to Windows.

Anyhow, I am glad I don't use AOL...and things like this are the largest reason why I don't.

Kiljosh · 05-02-2005, 03:24 PM

I used to use AOL. Then I realized it was really slow and I wanted to have internet if I was paying 20 a month. It was unreliable, ugly, you couldn't really use IE with it. Plus they update and eveytime it just makes the thing slowert and worse by adding a bunch of shit that you'll NEVER use.

**PureVenom** · 05-02-2005, 03:32 PM


Quote: Originally Posted by Kiljosh Plus they update and eveytime it just makes the thing slowert and worse by adding a bunch of shit that you'll NEVER use.

That seems to be the truth about most software these days...at least it is 100% true with microsoft. Visual studio .NET is rediculous compared to V6. Windows just gets slower even though computers get faster (unless you dig through the system and turn off everything tehy feel you need to have on but dont).

Kiljosh · 05-02-2005, 03:41 PM


Quote: Originally Posted by Smurfin (unless you dig through the system and turn off everything tehy feel you need to have on but dont).

That's what i try to do everytime I reformat this pc. It helps a bit if you turn off a bunch of the services and uninstall the software you know you won't use.
But windows is still slow....I wonder how long it will take me before I switch to another OS. I've already dropped IE for Mozilla....

silverstangboy · 05-03-2005, 02:06 AM


Quote: Originally Posted by Brent Yea welcome to a year ago

welcome to 2002