Tested: instructions are still up-to-date and work on latest version of AIM Pro as of 6-2-08. As mentioned in Why You Want to Uninstall AIM Now, AIM has a lot of weaknesses that make it very unsafe, especially in light of the latest vulnerability exposed by Core Security researchers. It’s best to simply uninstall it […]
Updated 6-1-08. AOL Toolbar In All New HPs (Hewlett-Packard Computers) As many of you know, AOL will soon preload AOL Toolbars and set AOL as your default home page and search engine in every new HP computer you buy thanks to a deal they made this month with Hewlett-Packard. Here’s a general purpose tutorial on […]
A reader named Scott sent me his AOL cancellation story last week. Among other things, AOL seems to be violating US phone number portability regulations with their latest scheme… Hello Marah Marie- I know you get a lot of these, but I just wanted to tell you my AOL horror story. I would like to […]
Last updated 12-23-09. Issue: You want to remove AOL, but you’re missing the AOL Uninstaller. Solution: Remove AOL without it. Difficulty Level: Easy So you want to remove AOL from your Windows PC but when you check Add/Remove programs you’re missing the AOL Uninstaller (or the entry for “AOL Choose Which Version to Remove”). What […]
I’ve been asked by an anonymous commenter for a list of people laid off at AOL. I don’t have access to such a list but anyone who cares to send me one will have my eternal thankfulness, not to mention the thankfulness of everyone else on the Web who’s just as curious as I am. […]
I’ve been highly dissatisfied with Yahoo! Answers as a knowledge base since the day they rolled it out. My blog is suggested to people trying to cancel or uninstall AOL an average of once a month on Yahoo! Answers, so that isn’t why.
AOL is in a dreadful state of affairs with Randy Falco and Ron Grant (aka “Smithers & Burns”, a snarky insider reference to characters on The Simpsons) now running the show. I said last year that AOL was moving away from access into advertising, that Falco did not understand the Internet or any aspect of […]
A source for Henry Blodget at Silicon Alley Insider has confirmed 2,000 people at AOL are out of jobs. Nice to know Falco lays people off by email instead of in person; what a warm, personal touch he lends to the ordeal. Here’s a snippet: “As a part of this realignment, tomorrow we begin a […]
I was going to save this post for Oct. 16th when the AOL layoffs are rumored to start en masse, but there’s too much coming out of Silicon Valley Insider to put it off much longer. I’m not horribly impressed with Henry Blodget’s coverage, although he’s been quite thorough, the best of the bloggers on […]
AOL is making the news yet again for dropping Kaspersky’s rebranded anti-virus tool (which was free for anyone to download and use) not because it’s one of the stupidest decisions they ever made (we covered that here already) but because their inferior replacement for it, McAfee, is only available to AOL members. News Flash, everyone… […]
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