AIM virus, any help

[Michelle Celio]

Originally Posted by whytheheckme

You could re-install Windows.... (something I must do to all my Windows machines annually). This would solve the AIM-bug problem. Next time, be sure to put passwords on your account and lock the machine (WindowsLogo-L) every time you leave the machine to prevent your little sisters from using it...
Jacob

Reinstalling windows isn't always the easy-ist thing. If it is a laptop machine that is relatively new, you could back up the machine and then use the restore partition to return the machine to factory default, meaning windows is installed and all the drivers (programs that make hardware work correctly) will be installed also.

Originally Posted by Dantvman27

ya so the other day peoples away messages started randomly popping up, and then others started IMing me asking why i was sending them a link for the spider man trailer

so anyone got any ideas

My cousin fell victim to an AIM virus a few years back. Scan your computer with an anti-virus. Uninstall AIM, restart the computer 3 times ( this clears any configuration backups your computer has saved [used for when 'booting with last known good configuration] ). Then again scan the computer with anti-virus. Install AIM again, and try using a different screen name and see if the problem persists. If it doesn't try using the problematic screen name, and if the problem returns ...get a new screen name.

Originally Posted by Dantvman27

first, i cant use my sounds i had on AIM, and the Gaim sounds are annoying

You can turn off the sounds for Gaim in the preferences (tools->preference or ctrl+P [keep in mind im not on the most current beta for version 2, I don't particularly care for the latest release] ) Gaim is not in anyway related to AOL, so any "custom" sounds you got from AOL will not be avaible with Gaim. Personally, I turn the sounds off on any messenger...they interrupt my music

Originally Posted by Dantvman27

and second, the away message system. when away, it doesn't prevent the IM window from coming up, or stop sounds, or list who's IMed me, which was something i rather enjoyed with AIM

You can go to interface (in the preference window) and look at the option that says "Conversation Window Hiding" you can set it to hide when you are away. For sounds you can set it to "Enable Sounds: Only when Avaiblable" which will cause the sounds to cease when you go away.

Originally Posted by Dantvman27

and also i miss notifications in the bottom of the screen

Yeah I miss those too

Originally Posted by Dantvman27

so why is this so great? eh?

It's better from the operating point of view, it uses less resources than AIM, and if an AIM virus is written to infect the AIM Client, Gaim will not be suspect able. Also, you can have all your messengers in one program (as previously mentioned by others). One thing I like is you can choose whether or not you want to be able to view others fonts, so if someone has that tiny font you cant see you can disable font sizes.

I hope that helped...if you have any questions feel free to IM/PM me.