Re: icq 2000 ads

[Ron DuFresne <dufresne () WINTERNET COM>]

As well as the already mentioned, ability of software to take the control
of the machine out of the owner/operators hands.


Thanks,

Ron DuFresne

On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 percival () NS1 DEVNULL NL wrote:

> Ok, I've noticed something else (don't flame me if I'm blatantly wrong through ;-) )
>
> When I load dirty uin A ('dirty' as in : with the ad window attached) each time I open a message window (double click 
> on user in contactlist, pick message from menu etc..), icqateb.ocx is run, as well as icqateres.dll, imm32.dll, 
> icqate32.dll and olepro32.dll.
> > From then on, each time a message window is opened only icqate32.dll, imm32.dll and icqateres.dll are run.
>
> Then I load clean uin B (this is the part I'm not so sure of) and it looks like the libraries I mentioned above 
> aren't loaded.... Anyway, I'm just mentioning it, personally I don't believe this to be true. It's just general 
> lameness on the matter from my side.
>
> Side note - Some people have told me that this is 'offtopic', well I agree it is. But the initial reason for my post 
> was my concern about (possibly) personal information being sent to mirabilis/aol behind our backs. Which I think is 
> on-topic and concerns us all.
>
> Taylan Develioglu - Systems administrator /Dev/Null solutions =[]=

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