i get aim pop ups

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August 8, 2003 at 9:06 pm #12568

fosters4u700
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I am getting these AIM pop ups??? Some say to stop these pop ups you have to pay and some are to go to a certain website?!?!?! i dont know what to do??? i am using dead aim 4.0 and it didnt do it before but now it is?! can somebody please help me:confused::confused:

August 8, 2003 at 9:45 pm #92169

Someguy03
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Are you sure that they are aim popups? Theres a ton of spyware that could be giving you ads. If its a program on your computer thats giving you ads it will have a small logo of the company in the bottom corner. And also, you using 4.0 so you never know.

August 8, 2003 at 9:49 pm #92171

ShadowSlayer469
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Well sorry, Dead Aim is filled with spy ware. As far as I know, the only to get rid of the ads is to uninstall DeadAim.

August 8, 2003 at 9:50 pm #92174

fosters4u700
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Ya im not sure if it is for aim now because i was signed off and it happened!?! but the weird thing is i havent installed anything new:confused:

August 8, 2003 at 9:50 pm #92168

Someguy03
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where did you hear that deadaim was filled with spyware?

August 8, 2003 at 10:13 pm #92173

fosters4u700
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Dead AIM should not be filled with spywhere since you have to pay 4.0 and they wouldnt do that definitly!!!!

August 8, 2003 at 10:25 pm #92170

ShadowSlayer469
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Sorry, I was thinking of an article I saw a while back on a guy putting SpyWare in DeadAim when it was free and putting it for download on the internet.

August 8, 2003 at 10:26 pm #92167

Someguy03
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Ya, i dont believe there is any spyware or someone wouldve posted it. you probably mean someone besides jdennis that took the program and put spyware in it.

August 9, 2003 at 12:13 am #92165

rockerjock
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quick question. do u have an AIM Expression from AIMExpressions.com because if u do, u get popups.

August 9, 2003 at 2:17 am #92172

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Some person or other has been posting on the jdennis forums lately that DeadAIM does contain spyware but it seems to be someone ranting on about it with no real proof just to be hostile. It will be interesting to find out if future spyware detection considers DeadAIM spyware in the future but I doubt it. AIM+ was once spyware so that may be what you are thinking ShadowSlayer469.

The spyware issue with DeadAIM… tonight at 11!
DeadAIM has spyware?
http://www.jdennis.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3225
or not?
http://www.jdennis.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3303

August 9, 2003 at 2:38 am #92166

Someguy03
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The fact that upon your first startup use of deadaim 4.0 it asks you if you want to report your installation anonymously determines if its spyware or not. It is like saying “do you want spyware? yes or no.” When you click “report installation anonymously” you are sending your ip to jdennis so he can track how often people are installing deadaim. If he didnt ask you, like aim+, it would be considered spyware because it is retrieving knowledge from your computer without permission.

August 9, 2003 at 6:26 pm #92175

Road_Runner
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Well, if anyone has a problem with spyware…(Spyware is BAADD!) download Ad-aware because spyware is no good! Get a free download at webattack.com/get/adaware.shtml

August 10, 2003 at 11:21 am #92164

DJHyperbyte
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Quote:

quote:Originally posted by ShadowSlayer469

Sorry, I was thinking of an article I saw a while back on a guy putting SpyWare in DeadAim when it was free and putting it for download on the internet.

I think you are confusing DeadAIM with AIM+. AIM+ did contain spyware a while ago. Have a look at this thread.

fosters4u700, running Ad-adaware on your system certainly wouldn’t hurt. The URL to the official download page is: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
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