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frostedsaiyan



Joined: 03 Sep 2003
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Location: Maryland
PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:51 pm Reply with quote
Whenever you click on the aim icon of another user th internet shuts down. Could someone tell me if its just my comp. or fix it please. thanks
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trigunner



Joined: 28 Sep 2003
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 5:04 pm Reply with quote
Hey, It just happened to me. What's the deal, or is it just you and me frostedsaiyan. {by the way exactly what happened to you}
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Cassandra



Joined: 13 May 2002
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Location: Birdsboro, PA
PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 8:00 pm Reply with quote
frostedsaiyan wrote:
Whenever you click on the aim icon of another user th internet shuts down. Could someone tell me if its just my comp. or fix it please. thanks


Wow. The whole internet shuts down?? That's pretty powerful!!

Anyway, I clicked on yours and nothing got shut down for me. So I'm guessing that it's just you.
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cookie
Former ANN Editor in Chief


Joined: 02 Jan 2002
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 12:24 am Reply with quote
frostedsaiyan wrote:
Whenever you click on the aim icon of another user th internet shuts down. Could someone tell me if its just my comp. or fix it please. thanks


Are you the one shutting down the internet? if so, please stop; it's making my connection equally unstable. ;)

This is, possibly, a virus.

I suggest grabbing some anti-virus software (http://www.symantec.com/downloads/ -- click on trialware and look for antivirus) and scanning your machine.

if that doesn't solve it, i suggest upgrading to the latest version of aim.

if that doesn't solve it, i suggest ditching aim and going to an alternative AIM client, like trillian or some such.
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trigunner



Joined: 28 Sep 2003
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 6:39 pm Reply with quote
well, I just tried again and it works Surprised . I forgot to switch my firewall off.
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