all my friends have AIM but i think it will give me a virus is there any IM program that wont?
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you can set it on AIM to where it only let's ppl on ur buddy list IM you. I've had AIM forever and I've never gotten a virus just from having the program. Plus Yahoo! Messenger bugs out at times, I've never had that problem with AIM. It just depends on personal preference
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A couple of things. You're probably running an out of date version of AIM. You also might be running a problem that perhaps may be incompatible with AIM. For example, if you another messenger system, this may slow down / disconnect you from one of them. Yet another answer could be that you have an "AIM Virus" so perhaps one day a friend of yours may have inadvertantly sent you a link - you clicked, you thought it was nothing and it lead you to a blank page. That blank page uploaded a virus that would shut down the AIM processor periodically.  \n\nIf all these fail. Delete your current AIM. (Don't worry, your buddy list will be saved) and reinstall it. www.aim.com - that should fix it. If it STILL has problems. I suggest you start talking to your friends on MSN and/or reformat your computer THEN reinstall AIM.
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definitely AIM...for Yahoo! Messenger the person you talk with has to have a Yahoo member ID. So it really depends on if a lot of people that you talk to use Yahoo! Messenger. But it still doesn't let you talk to anyone who has AIM or AOL or something like that.
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aim:goim?screenname=YOURSCREENNAMEHERE\n\nput your screenname where i specified, and when someone clicks the link it will open an IM window that will send a message to you\n\ngo here for more detailed instructions:  http://www.tech-recipes.com/instant_messaging_tips500.html
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sure what's your messenger name???   AIM NAME IS lfis492a\n\nim me and we can set it up.
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Uninstall messenger and then use these free scans to rid your PC of tha virus. After your PC is clean, then install messenger again.\n\nAll of these are ones that I personally use and all are free.\n\nI-Worm/Stration · BackDoor.Generic3.GBB and .GBC · Worm/Generic.FX · Exploit.WMF\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5\n\nSpybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm giving it a try to see if something has invaded your computer.\nhttp://www.safer-networking.org/\n\nhttp://superantispyware.com/\nSUPERAntiSpyware is the most thorough scanner on the market. Our Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology will detect spyware that other products miss! SUPERAntiSpyware will remove ALL the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones!\nEasily remove over 100,000 pests such as SmitFraud, Vundo, WinFixer, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, WinAntiVirus, AntiVermins and thousands more!\nMake sure after you download any of these, that you update them.\nTo remove that virus manually...\nManually remove messenger virus.\nStart Menu >> Run\n\nREG add HKCU&#92;Software&#92;Microsoft&#92;Windows&#92;CurrentVersion&#92;Policies&#92;System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f \n\ncopy & paste in run & press enter\n\nREG add HKCU&#92;Software&#92;Microsoft&#92;Windows&#92;CurrentVersion&#92;Policies&#92;System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f\n\ncopy & paste in run & press enter\n\n& delete the files svhost32.exe from ur comp & temp folder after killing the process
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If you have a antivirus program, I suggest that you shut the program down or remove an install the free "AOL", powered by Kaspersky Labs.  This program will scan your MSN, mail and your MSN Messenger and removed the virus.  The key that will be sent to you is good for life.  \n\nhttp://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp?\n\nMinddoctor, France
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Yeah the AIM triton client doesn't allow you to do it yet. You will need to change it using the AIM website. You will need to login and then change your password.
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Use the IM client Trillian! You can use it with Yahoo! IM, AIM, and MSN Messenger, all at the same time. Check it out at http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/\n\nIt's the best IM client out there!!
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you can't if you do u will get a virus
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"Yahoo IM Users: Be on the lookout for worm that pretends to be safe browser = \nA new worm that spreads through the Yahoo Instant Messaging application infects computers and forwards itself to those in the IM contact list, then hijacks your browser home page and replaces it with a web site that loads spyware onto your computer. Even worse, it plays on computer users' security concerns by passing itself off as a "safe web browser" called Safety Browser and uses real- looking Internet Explorer logos. Read more about it here": \nhttp://www.wxpnews.com/GYHR8H/060606-Yahoo_IM_Worm
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Aim does not archive like Yahoo! Messenger.  And to get rid of what you've talked about before, you just need to delete the window and start over in a new window.
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1. Check the ID and password and if not...\n2. check the server on the  connection and if not...\n3. re-start your computer and if not...\n4. re-install the AIM messenger. \n\nHope it helps. ;)
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As far as I know, AIM has always been free, and I have no reason to think that that doesn't apply to version 6. If you're in doubt, why not check the AIM website?
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Gaim is a great IM client. Just follow the link:
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you might need to download the newest version of aim--but you can check to see if you have the verison to turn invisible.  there should be an eyeball right below your "my aim" or above your buddy list in the gray.  Just click on it, and you will become invisible if you don't have the eye go to www.aim.com and download the newest version.  =]
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start -> run ->\nwindows key+R\n\ntype cmd\ntype netstat -b\npress enter\n\nthat says all the programs that are connecting to your computer. If something is connected from the internet to your computer and you dont know what it is, you should find out.\n\n\n\nWatch my google video on checking if you have malicious files\nhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=593261584447796339&q=Jimmy+Ruska\n\n\n\nGAIM is a good replacement for MSN and yahoo messenger\nhttp://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=download+gaim