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@u2ri: The OP is using AIM, not Yahoo.
Try running MsConfig by selecting Start>Run>and typing msconfig. Select the Startup tab. You can disable any AIM startup keys there.
I think you can, but it’s not a well thought out or well coded feature, IMHO. AIM is really good for one-on-one conversations, but with other stuff it sometimes falls a little short.
Slightly off-topic: If you are looking for a lot of chat rooms, you could check into getting connected to IRC (Internet Relay Chat), for hundreds of thousands of chat rooms.
You can:
1) Disable her ‘Login Automatically’ option on your XP account, so that the buddy list won’t come upOR
2) Configure XP to not start AIM for your profile. You can do so by going to MsConfig, (Start>Run>msconfig>Startup tab) and un-checking the AIM checkbox for your accrount.
Mmm, yes, I think that virus is especially nasty in the fact that it tries to kill off any firewall and/or anti-virus programs you have running. That makes no sense that the scan didn’t pick anything up in Safe Mode. Please download HijackThis and unzip it to a folder that is easily accessible. Run it, and save a logfile. Then place the logfile here. I don’t know if I can find anything, but it’s worth a shot.
Scream in agony, pull hair out? 😉 Well, there’s a link to AIM Live Help right on that page. If you haven’t done so already, give that a try. Perhaps they will be able to sort it out for you. You seem to have exhausted all possible options to get this to work, it seems; at least, I’m stumped. If you still cannot get AIM Triton to install, and you just want to chat, you can always try a third-party program, like gaim or miniaim. Triton’s not what it’s cracked up to be, but it still does have some merit. That’s a different topic though. 😎
Did you follow all the directions here?
It sounds like a new variant of an older AIM virus. If McAfee is giving you that same message each time you boot your computer, most likely something nasty is booting up too. Check MsConfig (start>run>msconfig>Startup tab) for anything that is suspicious looking. If something is found, you can disable it, if you feel confortable doing so. Booting into Safe Mode is a good idea; scan with everything once you are in. Scanning in Safe Mode is a good idea because only the most important things boot up in it (drivers, etc), as opposed to normal booting, which would boot the virus up too.
I do not think that the folks at AIM will contact you back, sorry. 🙁
coldz2 wrote:Reason for editing:Because someone said it was a virus, I assure you its not a virus. Norton Anti Virus problem said it was a virus because, they consider it “hacking tools”. Norton thinks your grandmothers picture is a virus.
It is a trojan/virus. I tested it myself. I’d like to know what non-malicious programs disable taskmanager.exe and drop a .exe in your System32 folder that is named very similar to a windows system file. The program didn’t even do what it said, nor did it even have a GUI. Advertising a malicious piece of software and then re-editing what a mod edited is a sure-fire way to get yourself banned. And if this that doesn’t convince you that this is a trojan, God knows what will.
My opinion is that you shouldn’t be allowed to advertise questionable (at best) software on this site. Upon running the .exe on my PC, .exe commited suicide, an unknown process tried to connect to the internet (turns out it might have been this virus: WORM_SPYBOT.B), and made my task manager inaccessible. However, I was able to close down the running process and delete it from my hard drive, without too much harm being done (I believe).
Please do not download this program until someone can find out for sure what it really is. I can assure you, it is not a screenname hacker.
You can turn it off, if you have not done so. Open Triton (I assume you’re using that) select Edit>Settings>General IM and deselect the IM catcher feature. This won’t get rid of it, but it should turn it off.
If you have turned it off and it comes back anyways, blame AOL for bad coding…. :p
Try logging in as the users that don’t use AIM, open MsConfig (Start>Run>msconfig), select the Startup tab, deselect the AIM entry, click ok, and exit without reboot. Do this for all users that don’t use AIM, rebooting on the last one.
You’re going to have to give more details. Did this just popup, or did you select something to make it come up? Does this happen more than once?
You could try,
1) Install AIM for all users.
2) Log into as the users that don’t use AIM.
3) Access their startup information, and delete the AIM entry (for them only)
