Free File: Kill AIM Ads
By Megan Morrone and Nicole Guilfoyle - Posted Apr 26, 2002
- AIM Ad Hack
As promised, AIM Ad Hack strips the ads from your instant messenger. Unfortunately, you'll have to look at an AIM Ad Hack logo when it tries to log on to the instant messenger service. If AIM usually logs on when you boot up, you probably won't even notice it.
- AIM Ad Remover
Get rid of ads, your ticker, and alerts in one fell swoop. After installing AIM Ad Remover, you may still see ads. If you do, go into your AIM Preferences and uncheck "Start AIM With Windows." Add AIM to your Windows Startup folder if you still want it to load when you boot Windows.
Old AIM still lives
Many of you haven't bothered upgrading your instant messenger. Others of you just want to relive the glory days of ol' I.M. Yes, versions of the instant messenger older than version 5 are still available at VersionTracker, and the following freeware titles will strip the ads out of them as well.
- AIM+
AIM+, a tiny AIM add-on, lets you record AIM chats, remove unwanted ads, and run more than one instance of AIM at a time. If you ever want to read an old conversation, click the AIM+ History Viewer. A new window will sort your chats by buddy name.
- MyIM
MyIM lets you log your chats and customize your buddy list windows. Select to see only your buddies, or include your standard toolbar buttons, ditching the ads. Make a donation via PayPal if you want to help out the developer.
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AIM add-ons may be hostile toward each other. You may experience conflicts, or one may not work at all if you have multiple ad removers installed on your system. Try them out one at a time and keep the one you like most.
Cat Schwartz contributed to this article.
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