Whenever I look through away messages, at the very bottom of the entire profile, there is a dividing line (like the one between the away message and the profile) and a link that says "Less right clicks, use the Away Page!" that connects to http://buddyinfo.aim.com/away. I haven't clicked on anything, even though it seems to be something associated with AIM, because I don't want to get a virus.Does anybody else have this in their buddy windows?
11/7/2005 8:32:34 AM
i noticed it this morning in many people's.....is it a virus?
11/7/2005 8:35:01 AM
ok so it wasn't just something I hadn't noticed before
11/7/2005 8:36:48 AM
it's in every single persons info on my buddy list.
11/7/2005 8:42:19 AM
Obviously not a virus (I see it on my Mac too).Seems AOL is trying a new way to place ads that won't depend on client...
11/7/2005 8:45:27 AM
get it off get it off i don't like it
11/7/2005 8:47:00 AM
same here... I don't want that there!has anybody tried clicking on it? what happens? I want to make sure it's legit before clicking it[Edited on November 7, 2005 at 8:49 AM. Reason : .]
11/7/2005 8:47:33 AM
If you log in to the link, it's a really effective way to AIM stalk without having to be logged in to AIM.
11/7/2005 8:50:48 AM
what do you mean? explain...
11/7/2005 8:51:34 AM
You log in (to an AOL domain), and it takes you to a forum-looking webpage where it lists sequentially (with formatting) everyone in your buddy list's away message and profile. I tried a name I rarely use, and it showed them to me (as well as my AIM status). It also has means for you to comment on people's stuff, which I would assume that anyone who also has that person on their buddy list can see.It's kinda neat, I think. Their server is being DDOSed by everyone clicking the link though, going really slOOOOwly.
11/7/2005 8:54:00 AM
yeah, it's not a virus. there's a link to the same page from the aim.com homepageit's kinda shitty they're sticking it in there, but then again, we get the service and software for free
11/7/2005 9:14:22 AM
I had it on my computer when I got into work this morning... ran Adware and now its gone.
11/7/2005 9:45:04 AM
^ Running adaware didn't remove it, AOL removed it.It's gone for me too.
11/7/2005 10:02:31 AM
I guess enough people complained between 8 a.m. (or whenever it was put up) and 10:10 a.m.
11/7/2005 10:11:17 AM