Re: Icq 2000 ads

["Sander Smeenk (CistroN Medewerker)" <ssmeenk () CISTRON NL>]

Quoting Taylan Develioglu (percival () DEVNULL NL):

> 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?

ICQ 2000b and probably a too are able to do 'automatic software upgrades'.
A while ago a little '*NEW* SMS!' button appeared in my ICQ window, next
to the 2 buttons to select grouped mode and show-offline-too mode...

I also discovered that you can disable these 'automatic upgrades' in the
personal preferences menu. (!)

It scared me as much as when playing a MPEG movie with Windows Media Player
and all of the sudden a box pops up telling you there are new components
to be installed... *ARGH* The program didn't even ASK to check...

Regards,
Sander.

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