AIM popups

zip22 · Nov 23, 2004

AIM now has a wonderful feature where the ad that sits at the top of your buddy list will open a pop-up whenever you bring your mouse over it. even accidental trespassing on the horrid ad makes it pop-up. in IE no less.

does anyone have any solutions to this feature? i have tried using GAIM, but i wasnt impressed and ended up going back to AIM.

grimm003 · Nov 23, 2004

maybe preferences? Mine does not do that

zip22 · Nov 23, 2004

do you have version 5.9?

the ad says something like mouseover here to see the Top 20 List or something. it seems to change between mouseover and click. so its not always like this

edit: heres the culprit

venom9007 · Nov 24, 2004

Is there something you really want/need in 5.9? If not, then I think an easy solution would be switching back to a version that did not have this. I'm still using 4.4 Beta, heh. It's simple and has everything I need. Well, except for the ghosting thing.

Anyway, here ya go: http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=aim

Bios24 · Nov 24, 2004

Use Trillian!

http://www.trillian.cc/

Agent_Mull · Nov 26, 2004

Yes, Im using the Trillian Alpha 3.0 Free Version and its alot better than the .74 version and definately alot better than aim.

tom10167 · Nov 26, 2004

Either revert back to an old version, or use a different program.

Or just uninstall all of them and leave it that way.

Schalldampfer · Nov 26, 2004

Agent_Mull, where'd you get Trillian 3.0 Alpha?

zip22 · Nov 27, 2004

thanks for the advice, i might give trillian a whirl, but in the mean-time, a member pm'ed me a solution that seems to do the job

http://aftermath.dyndns.org:8888/~aimadhack/

many thanks to him. he thought posting this info might violate some rules, but i couldnt figure out anything wrong with it. so if it is bad, Ill go down with it.

Ascii2 · Nov 27, 2004

AIM Ad Hack works quite well. I have noted a few bugs though.

jabaro · Nov 29, 2004

I just edited the registry of the program and put in my own image. I used resHack, don't remember exactly what I did though. Wasn't too tough, just google it.

dicecca112 · Nov 29, 2004

well I just use Norton Internet Security with Ad-blocker turned on. Not a problem here.

sunrunner20 · Nov 29, 2004

I normally do the same with ZoneAlarm Pro. Execpt it blocks OCforums.....

Ascii2 · Nov 30, 2004

sunrunner20 said:
ZoneAlarm Pro...blocks OCforums

I am using ZoneAlarm Pro 5.5.062.000 and OCForums is not blocked.

sunrunner20 · Nov 30, 2004

Do you use mozilla and have ~15 tabs of ocforums open at the same time and then refresh them all simulatainasly(spelling)?

Ascii2 · Nov 30, 2004

sunrunner20 said:
Do you use mozilla and have ~15 tabs of ocforums open at the same time and then refresh them all simulatainasly(spelling)?

No. I use Internet Explorer.

sunrunner20 · Nov 30, 2004

I assumed as much, IE doesn't let you refress 15 windows at EXACTLY the same time. I think this is the source of my problem.

jabaro · Nov 30, 2004

See.... No ad, just a volcom logo I made

sup3rcarrx8 · Dec 3, 2004

I"m still using 5.5. No problems here.

apunkrockmonk · Dec 3, 2004

Go to aim 5.2.3292. IMO it is by far the best AIM. It has the option to get around the firewall just like in AIM 5.1 and up, as well as some other stuff thats useless, such as AIM Expressions, but the BEST feature is it allows you to click don't upgrade and it never asks you again. How could you lose? If I didn't have a firewall though I'd definately go down to a lower version though.

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