Registered: Apr 2001
Location: the higher state of conciousness
ICQ ADS no more......
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As we can all remember the hay-day of ICQ most Warez hounds praised Mirabilis for their amazing work on a fantastic App. However Mirabilis got greedy and went to AOL for support and now they load us with a program that has useless options and worst of all BANNER ADS. When the official release of ICQ 2000a/b came out I was happy thinking it would be an improvement to 99 however what disappointment I had when I found out the garbage they had shoved in to the program. I at once noticed a few .dll files that seemed had no real reason of being but later I found out their true nature BANNERS.
Well enough is enough I noticed a few Warez sites having a ICQ banner removing program I didn’t trust it after all ICQ being my #1 source of communication I didn’t want a group of guys playing around with it so I just did a little research. Any way ON TO …………………
Removing ICQ Banners a Friendly Guide From BLAKRAIN
Find the following .dll files in your ICQ directory and rename them to .bak: (if u r unsure DO NOT CONTIUNE I have done this already)
icqateima32.dll becomes icqateima32.bak
icqateimg32.dll becomes icqateimg32.bak
icqateres.dll becomes icqateres.bak
These changes should stop the banner and pop up from appearing.
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Jul-14-2001 10:32
Spad
wise sage of the forest
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Chesterfield ,UK
I don't even notice the banners anymore to be honest. It's probably worth noting though, that other methods I've seen (invoved fiddling with the system reg if I remember correctly) remove the banner area completly, rather than just the image as in the above example.
update: just rememberd, I think it was the same as the above example, except you also went into the registry and changed to values which gave the bottom window a height of 0 pixels or something. Can't remember where I saw it tho.
Jul-14-2001 11:10
Paul Griffiths 1
WeOnK
Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Perth WA Australia
Geez there is so much of an easier way!
Providing you have 2000b and the right build version, I just run a small effective 1.7MB exe patch made by TNT cracking group, that does everything including:
Removes unsightly ads & banners
Lets you add people without authorisation
Lets you view people in Invisible mode
Allows you to view anyones IP address
Great stuff I've been using it for ages!
Jul-14-2001 11:23
DjTS-NeXiLe
mixAddict™
Registered: Apr 2001
Location: the higher state of conciousness
quote:
Originally posted by Paul Griffiths 1 Geez there is so much of an easier way!
Providing you have 2000b and the right build version, I just run a small effective 1.7MB exe patch made by TNT cracking group, that does everything including:
Removes unsightly ads & banners
Lets you add people without authorisation
Lets you view people in Invisible mode
Allows you to view anyones IP address
Great stuff I've been using it for ages!
sounds like ur a hacker m8. hehe.
and with that crack, its the only one i have found that works... so far. Im gonna have a bash @ the reg tonite and see what i find and post it if i get it. coz i knew this existed but never knew. anyhoo i might make a quick program that does all this automatically if we find out .
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"Many trances so produced are dangerous, because you can get lost in them. The reason is that the multiple trances can become fixed - relatively permanent - and one stays more or less always in a trance. That is an addictive trance."
Jul-14-2001 12:12
Henkie_henk
Almighty Trance Addict
Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Viva Hollanda
quote:
Originally posted by DjTS-NeXiLe
sounds like ur a hacker m8. hehe.
and with that crack, its the only one i have found that works... so far. Im gonna have a bash @ the reg tonite and see what i find and post it if i get it. coz i knew this existed but never knew. anyhoo i might make a quick program that does all this automatically if we find out .
lol more like a script kiddie.. check my thread from eeh.. ages ago.. had the same banner removal Way easier to do 2...
sorry m8 old news But hey congrats on finding it on yr own lol
paul can u post up a link to that proggie, sounds fun!
Jul-14-2001 15:01
DjTS-NeXiLe
mixAddict™
Registered: Apr 2001
Location: the higher state of conciousness
quote:
Originally posted by Henkie_henk
lol more like a script kiddie.. check my thread from eeh.. ages ago.. had the same banner removal Way easier to do 2...
sorry m8 old news But hey congrats on finding it on yr own lol
what??? man, its just that i tried to use some fucked up crack ages ago and it never worked... its just this method is really quick and it works straight away. !
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"Many trances so produced are dangerous, because you can get lost in them. The reason is that the multiple trances can become fixed - relatively permanent - and one stays more or less always in a trance. That is an addictive trance."
Jul-15-2001 01:51
Denser
Thief
Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Chennai
Dude thanx for the info...I've found those banners annoying frm Day One...
Although...Paul,I can use that crak frm TNT...none of the gals on my list seem to be online whenever i come online...
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Jul-15-2001 04:57
Paul Griffiths 1
WeOnK
Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Perth WA Australia
quote:
Originally posted by DjTS-NeXiLe
sounds like ur a hacker m8. hehe.
lol...nah I'm not that type. I don't know a single thing about hacking...I'd love to learn how it's done, but I'd never apply it in the real world. It's pretty rude otherwise.
Jul-15-2001 07:03
arturob
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Miami
i just removed it like 6 months ago deleting 3 *.DLL
Originally posted by DjTS-NeXiLe
what??? man, its just that i tried to use some fucked up crack ages ago and it never worked... its just this method is really quick and it works straight away. !
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"Many trances so produced are dangerous, because you can get lost in them. The reason is that the multiple trances can become fixed - relatively permanent - and one stays more or less always in a trance. That is an addictive trance."
I've been using it for ages!
had the same banner removal 
