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GOth52--I put that dialup IP address into an IP lookup utility and it seems to be one of a number owned by
192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330
Marina del Rey, CA, 90292-6695
US
So the specific user is not identified. You might write/phone these guys to see if they will tell you.
This has been taken care of, but thanks for the reply. I purchased Windows XP and did a clean install and started everything back from scratch and this hasn't shown up since.Quote:
Originally posted by Welshjim
GOth52--I put that dialup IP address into an IP lookup utility and it seems to be one of a number owned by
192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330
Marina del Rey, CA, 90292-6695
US
So the specific user is not identified. You might write/phone these guys to see if they will tell you.
gotcha bugs, I just like to spread the word, you dont know how many people do not know they can TCP/IP into AOL for much cheaper and.... you can check your email from the internet for free.
Daneph2,
Just used my AOL E-Mail for junk mail. Anything I signed up for got my AOL address!
What does it mean TCP/IPing into AOL???
If you have high speed internet (or any other ISP where you are already connected to the internet outside of AOL) you can then connect to AOL directly thru TCP/IP.... no dialing... just a direct connect. Since you are not tying up their phone lines, they do not charge you as much.
Whats the point?
Hi, bugspop1,Quote:
Originally posted by bugspop1
I've been trying for 4 or 5 years to talk my wife into getting rid of AOL. I haven't used AOL myself since 3.0 version.
We have had Comcast Cable for about 3yrs ($40 a month)+($28 a month AOL). Finally talked her into canceling it! She cancelled AOL by FAX, sending all information required from a printout retrieved from AOL 8.0. 2 wks later we receive a notice in the mail, Not enough information to cancel. She remitted a second FAX, 2 wks later a notice in the mail, not enough information to cancel.
I'm not sure why the wife didn't call AOL in the first place, but Monday I called. AOL tactics, Whatever the cost don't let the customer quit! Offer free this and that! Let them know AOL will work with cable for only $10 a month, Etc... I was told we are paid up until October 6th which P's me off, if they had cancelled when first requested we would have already saved $28! Bunch of BS! ;) Anyway We Are Cancelled!
I've noticed you have Comcast Cable. I'd like your opinion: how good it is compare to DSL connection?
Thanks
Ngan:)
To be honest, I did not have much technical problem with AOL since I got it.
The problem with AOL is: it does not let you cancel easely:
I cancelled my AOL: I spent around five minutes talking to the cust. service person : why this, why that, bla! bla! bla!; finally I got my AOL cancelled.
Three days later, I got a call from AOL, at my dinner time: trying to get me back to AOL. I refused.
Eight days later: I received a letter saying "Let's start over" with a big red heard after that. At the end of the letter:" we're happy you decided to stay with AOL".
I had to call AOL again for clarification.
The whole story sucks!!!
james... point is my daughter wants AOL ad my daughter gets what she wants....lol that and someone asked.
nganvu, I have comcast and have pretty much zero downtime.
It is very fast but a little pricey. all the cable modems that play on my sofII game server ping twice as fast as all the dsl. however, having said that, fast is fast, I do not know anyone with dsl that is unhappy (as long as you can get it) and it can save you a little money. It is really better to ask the question of people who live in your immidiate area.
I don't understand why you need to dial into another isp if you already have one?
nganvu,
Cable is definitely faster than DSL in my area. I have DSL at work and it does have its advantages over cable, the download is constant and doesn’t vary in speed. I do notice the downloads on cable slow down during peak hours (still fast). DSL in our area does have 1-60 users in the group and the speed is faster for the 1st in the loop and a bit slower for the 60th (again still fast). Cable price $40/ without modem, $45 with (new customers usually $20 first 3 months with free modem after rebates), $50/$55 if you don’t subscribe to cable TV. Verizon DSL price $30-$34 both include the modem, to qualify for the $30 price you must subscribe to telephone features (call waiting, disable call waiting, caller ID, etc…) determined by Verizon. With either, there is NO comparison to 56k.
Congrats for finally getting out - IMHO, AOL is *ell.
Warning, though - make sure it is completely uninstalled, including all the spyware. Taking it out of the Add/Remove program list didn't completely uninstall the AIM I had on my computer, so it's likely your uninstall will be incomplete, too.
I have nothing good to say, so I'll quit here.
Hi! psny513,
I used the Add/Remove to uninstall AOL.
Please show me how to do the complete uninstall.
Thank you
Ngan
No problem -
I did a Find>Files or Folders and searched for AOL, America Online, AIM and Instant Messag*. Careful that you don't delete shared files. If in doubt, I leave them there.
I also ran SpyBot, which found spyware.
You'd think AOL would be able to afford techies qualified to design a program that cleaned itself up - or maybe it doesn't want it cleaned, which suggests that AOL may be a type of company more people should try to avoid doing business with.
Good luck. Let us know if you found anything, especially after running SpyBot. ;)
Thank you, psny513, for your help.
Ngan
I need help again,
I deleted about a dozen of AOL files. I rebooted my PC: it seemed doing fine.
There are bunch of files left, I did not feel comfortable of deleting them.
Could you help me out: which one should I delete?
Included is a screenshot of my AOL files.
Thank you
Ngan
Ngan
I'll tell you which ones I would delete, but there are those on this board who know much more about this than I do. I am going to defer to them, particularly since I don't have your computer in front of me.
However, anything you delete should go into the recycle bin, and should not be permanently deleted. That way, you can always restore a file that should not have been deleted - for example, maybe it may have been shared with another operation.
What type of internet connection do you have? If you are not tied to the Internet by AOL broadband, I'd delete that folder, as well as the one labeled "AOL". I would open the folders, click Edit>Select All, then right-click Delete. If files are shared, a window should pop up advising you of possible sharing, and allowing you to opt to retain the folder. I always retain anything that may be connected to something else (just the conservative approach, but others here may know what to do with particular files and choose to delete them).
I don't know what the .exe files are, and would probably put them into the recycle bin for a period of time. I don't like unknown .exe files, and you'll want to make sure they are not attached to spyware of any type. Did you run Spybot yet?
If you don't get suggestions to some of the particular files in your display, another thing you can do is to search particular files in Google.
Heuh! How to run the spybot?
I am a little bit dense on that field.
Thank you.
Ngan.
I just got rid of my AOL account. Now I have SBCYahoo DSL.
First hand I will delete the AOL Broadband.
Psny513!
As per your suggestions, I went for broke, and deleted every single AOL files, except the one I couldn't (only three files).
I restarted my PC. It's still running fine, so far.
I will keep the deleted files in the recycle bin for a while, just to be in the safe side.
I am waiting on how to run the SpyBot.
Thank you
Ngan
PS:By the way, what is SpyBot?
oops! how ignorant I was.
SpyBot is a software. I just went to SpyBot website. I will download it, then run it.
Ngan
SpyBot Instructions:
- Start SpyBot
- Click on "Search for Updates". If there are any new detection rules or application updates, they will appear on the screen. If so click on "Download Updates" . (Be sure to choose a mirror site near you, just to the right of "Download Updates" button)
- Next click "Search and Destroy" button (upper left)
- Then click "Check for Problems" (lower left). SpyBot will scan your system.
- Once a list of offenders is compiled, it will appear on your screen.
- For a description of an item listed, double-click on it -OR- right-click and select "Description of this product".
- Generally items listed in red font (automatically checked off by SpyBot) are safe to remove.
- You might encounter items further down the list in blue or green font. Not all of these items are critical for removal, and SpyBot will not automatically mark these items for removal. Be sure to read the description. Some are registry entries, or removal might have an impact undesirable to you.
- Once the offending items on the list are checked off, click "Fix Selected Problems" at the bottom.
- If you feel like you've removed something and its removal has caused further issues, you can click the "Recovery" button
- Be sure to click on "Immunize" button (upper left) and follow onscreen instructions
Hope that helps -Kat
Thank you, Katmac.
Ngan
As I said before, I deleted all AOL files, then I said my PC was still running fine. I was wrong. I had to restore my HDD to its previous image.
Now I have all my remnant AOL files back.
I ran SpyBot. I did not find any AOL files subject to deletion.
nganvu, you're welcome :) . If you don't use it already, it's a good idea to run Ad-Aware (free) as well as SpyBot.
Hi, Katmac:
How often do you run Spywares? just to have an idea!
Thank you for introducing me to the free Ad-Aware. Very neat. I do like Ad-Aware better than SpyBot.
Thank you
nganvu, some of those files weren't AOL files, they just had the "aol" letter sequence in their names. I took your picture and put a splotch beside the ones I'd delete. You may want to leave them in the recycle bin until you're sure you don't need them:
Thank you, DVOM:
I knew somone will come along and help me on that one.
Ngan
Nice gesture, DVOM :) That will help a lot of us out (I haven't gotten all of AOL off my notebook yet.)
nganvu Yes, AdAware is much easier than SpyBot, but they do detect different entries. I run both at least once a week, or if I notice PC acting sluggish, etc.
Hi, Katmac,
Let see If I understood Spybot and Ad-Aware well.
"immunize" in Spybot and "quarantine" in Ad-Aware are the same!
Bad products are immunized/quarantined meaning "blocked", but they are still there.
Is there a way of deleting them? Just a thought.
Thank you
Ngan:)
James,Quote:
Originally posted by james giles
I don't understand why you need to dial into another isp if you already have one?
While I was in the military, we used to ship out over to Japan for 6 months at a time. while there, we had "free" internet since we could access it from our pc's at work.
What some people would do (the poor SOB's who had AOL) would be to downgrade their AOL account to the $9.00/month deal so they could continue to use their AOL account. This allowed access to their e-mail and all of those wonderful features that only AOL offered...such as "keyword-ebay" or "keyword-webmd"
To me, that seemed to be the biggest hoax offered up from AOL. In several of their commercials, they tout how you can access WebMD or E-Bay or several other popular sites, as if you could only get there by using AOL. My father actually fell for this hype for a while, until I showed him he could access all of these sites by simply using Internet Explorer...he felt like he had been duped!
Randy
Personally I don't mind AOHell.
Dont hate me for this. I guess it's because I don't pay for it?
There's a service on there called OP or Opinion place. I spend about 30 minutes a month answering questions on there and they pay me between 4 and 6 dollars every time. That money then gets into my account and when they charge me 9 dollars for BYOB it's cancelled out....
I use AOL for stuff like chats and all, it's a semi-great way to meet people without going to clubs and all that. I'm not Anti-social, just not into having to drink and all that or deal with someone like that and all the smoke, to be able to meet various people. Having an aol membership also allows me neat little subscriptions to online mags and services and all that.
I can do quite well without it - but having it for free is no problem.
I don't have anywhere close to the problems people claim to have. ie: spyware etc. And between their popup blocker and msn's popup guard, I get no where close to the amount of pop up ads I use when just using IE (without having to get additional software, which sometimes blocks pertinent site popups).
But I'm happy for you. And I know what you mean - they do just about anything to get you to stay. If you don't want it then good riddance. They won me over because I'm lazy I think...LOL
I love all the alerts, the calendars, the free personals and all that bull doo doo (I hope I can say that here. LOL).
If anyone else isn't an absolute AOL Hater - check out opinion place. Keyword OP or opinion place. The questionnaires run every 2 weeks and it's almost impossible to not qualify for one. Either way, you'll be paying 0 to maybe 5 dollars for the BYOB service.
If you use AOL to dialup then well, you're kinda silly. LOL
My 2c
Thanks, rcecale, i think i understand now, they do this so they can access the AOL "exclusive features"...but dont want it as their primary isp
Thanks:)
Basically. One thing I failed to mention is that, in Japan, the cost for a "local" call was extraordinarilly high, and unlike here in the States, where $.20 gets you an unlimited time local call, in Japan, there was no such thing....you paid and paid and paid....
Randy
Hi Ngan,Quote:
Hi, Katmac,
Let see If I understood Spybot and Ad-Aware well.
"immunize" in Spybot and "quarantine" in Ad-Aware are the same!
Bad products are immunized/quarantined meaning "blocked", but they are still there.
Is there a way of deleting them? Just a thought.
Thank you
Ngan
We're starting to go a bit sideways here. Probably a good idea to start a separate thread on this topic if it gets more involved. Better visibility and easier for others to share info/input. ;)
Actually "Recover" in Spybot and "Quarantine" in AdAware are similar features.
The "Immunize" feature in SpyBot 'blocks' items so that when surfing, you will get a pop-up prompt stating the site is attempting to download "entity xxx" and do you want it installed? Select "No" at the prompt and you block it altogether.
You can permanently delete items from Spybot by clicking "Recovery" (main menu, left column.) Follow instructions at top of Recovery screen. You can undo changes (restore items removed), or permanently delete. Suggest you allow ample time to determine that permanent removal of an item will not cause bad PC bahavior. (As stated in SB instructions above, those items in blue and green font on the 'Search and Destroy' list are not necessarily malicious. Some might be just a nuisance, and removal might cause program instability or other malfunction.)
AdAware: Click on Status>Open quarantine-list
From there you can restore/undo or permanently delete items. -Kat
Thank You, Katmac, for your feedback. My appreciation!!!
Sorry, we are way out of course, here....I guess I should stop using this thread.
Merry X-Mas and Happy New Year to you and your Family.
Ngan
You're welcome Ngan. Thanks for the holiday wishes, same to you and yours! :)