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Topic: IM Issues
michiganman3 Joined Mon 10/29/07 Posts: 14519	Wed 07/08/09 03:51 PM
Just logged off IM with a friend, she said it was trying to load spyware/adware, her Windows online told her so and blocked it. No alerts from my end. Then the IM screen became an advert for Shell Oil Co. and I closed my IM window. I am running a "Spybot Search and Destroy" scan too. What's up with the IM???

Tigardman Joined Fri 04/03/09 Posts: 305	Wed 07/08/09 04:05 PM
The advertisement window in IMs seems to close me out as well upon occassion. Its almost to the point where I use Yahoo Messenger or the like if at all possible. TM

shoesmonkey Joined Sat 01/19/08 Posts: 7088	Wed 07/08/09 04:13 PM
Just logged off IM with a friend, she said it was trying to load spyware/adware, her Windows online told her so and blocked it. No alerts from my end. Then the IM screen became an advert for Shell Oil Co. and I closed my IM window. I am running a "Spybot Search and Destroy" scan too. What's up with the IM??? This happen's to me ALOT. It freeze's my pc so that I have to manually turn it off. I told Charles about it but, he's not sure what's up.

michiganman3 Joined Mon 10/29/07 Posts: 14519	Wed 07/08/09 04:24 PM
Spybot showed nothing after a scan. IDK ????

shoesmonkey Joined Sat 01/19/08 Posts: 7088	Wed 07/08/09 04:44 PM
Spybot showed nothing after a scan. IDK ???? I don't see anything on my Norton scan's. I do get the warning that it stopped an "intruder"?, worm, whatever though.

charles Joined Wed 07/26/06 Posts: 6827	Wed 07/08/09 05:02 PM
We're pretty sure that these are false positives from virus software, which tend to be a bit over-sensitive. If you don't accept any downloads from ads, you will be okay. If you are still uncomfortable with the situation, of course, then you can simply turn off the IM option. As for the ad, if you are inactive for a while, it disconnects. The program then reads that and replaces everything with an add.

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