Re: Icq 2000 ads

[Mike Duncan <korny69 () RANDOMTASK NET>]

I had this happen recently also. I noticed that I only got it after
someone running 2000b contacted me and he had the ads. I run 2000a and
never seen the stupid ICQ ads till he sent me a message. It could be
that ICQ 2000x might have it builtin to allow server upgrades to
software ... but it might also not know where everyone is until someone
is contacted. (or something like that :) I know that when you send
messages, they (like AIM) go through a central server and then routed to
you by IP ... this might be why you can no longer get IPs so easily. But
newho ... what does everyone else think?

Taylan Develioglu wrote:
> This morning I woke up, booted up win98 and showered. When I got back
> and tried to send a message through icq (2000 beta 4.60), each message
> suddenly formed a little window underneath the message body window with
> ads. Now I have ads underneath each message I send...
>
> The odd thing is, noone else I know has this behaviour (yet?), I noticed
>
> the client behaving fairly strange lately as suddenly the 'first-time'
> messages started appearing again (as in the don't show this message
> again messages - left/right mouse button, you are now in invisible
> etc..).
>
> To get to the point, does icq utilize some form of spyware no one has
> noticed untill now? Do earlier versions exhibit this kind of behaviour
> as well? Why me not others?
>
> Now I am really pissed at aol, you install an upgraded (new) version of
> their client. And 10 months later ads pop up.. BAM! No turning back
> because the db is now 2000-steelo. I also noticed that this is
> db-specific (as in my personal settings are changed), other uins
> installed on the same machine do NOT have the ads.