"Hi, you like to watch me play with myself in my free webcam, you studmuffin? Come watch me coz it turns me on when guys watch me. Yes Spad, this is aimed directly at you and you only. I want you Spad."
It's getting beyond a joke now. I'm getting 5-6 of these every day! And it seems to me that it's only started since I upgraded to 2001b, which makes me wonder whether they've finally thought of a way to make a profit from ICQ afterall.
Has anybody managed to find a way to successfully filter out all this garbage? Telling it not to accept multi-recipient messages doesn't seem to help, and I don't really want to disable all incoming messages from people not on my list.
Any ideas?
Dec-22-2001 12:54
TranceGiant
randomly disappoints
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: (Strudel)-City that never sleeps
Yeah every1 has the problem..i think i get even more per day...it sucks big time. problem is that u cant put those idiots on ignore list since they'll find other ways to advertize (email, pager, url). i got no clue what to do
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Dec-22-2001 14:56
Jah
i just want to wear a hat
Registered: Nov 2000
Location: Australia, Perth
hey guys i had this problem too the only way to solve it i got was doing this : main ----> security and privacy, under permissions click messages then click accept messages only from users on my contact list it a bitch if someones try to contact you not on your list but its the only way i got around these bitches (and theres so more handy options there)
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Dec-22-2001 15:24
Virus
yes
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Stockholm
I also hate these messages. And I fall for them almost everytime too!!
- Hi! I am Nikka
- Hi!
- Where are you from?
- Sweden
- Check this page. Ít´s really great, my boyfriend always mastrubates to this..
Hate it.
Wonder if girls get these kind of mesages as well?
Dec-22-2001 17:34
{b.s.e.}
savant garde
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: The Source
yeah, i made the mistake of upgrading to 2001b as well. ads ads ads. on the bottom of every message.
"J'lo's on ICQ!"
"Can't get enough of Britney?"
go to hell.
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Dec-22-2001 19:48
Eugene
EURO-Hard-Trance-Addict
Registered: May 2001
Location: Maryland USA
There's nothing you can do about it.
What amuses is how all these "family-values" people here in the States try to censor the Internet because of porn sites. Dumb asses, do you what goes on in the ICQ stuff your 10-year-old children are using?
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Dec-22-2001 20:14
apri_peel
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jul 2001
Location: vancouver
YES girld do get them and they are fckin annoying, what pisses me off even more is that my bf has a mac and a dif version of icq and he never gets that shit!!
i used to have this lil progie that did not allow ads at the buttom of my msg window and when i installed 2001 on top i didnt have ads, but i formated my comp and i cant install that progie anymore!!
another way to cut down on those annoying msgs is by checking the option of not accepting URLs from ppl not on your list. that helps a lil.
Dec-22-2001 21:29
Spad
wise sage of the forest
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Chesterfield ,UK
I tried putting my age down to 13 in the hope that these things wont send to under 18's, but they do I personally think they pay Mirabilis (or AOL or whoever) so they can do this. I actually replied "FUCK OFF!!!" to one though, and got a reply "sorry, I thought you would be interested" which was pretty funny
Dec-22-2001 21:40
boy_luke_y2k
StarwakEaddict
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Newcastle, UK
Only 5-6, I got 9 yestday and I was only on for a couple of hours, I strictly only stick to MSN Messenger now, ICQ suxx ass, c'mon guys get on Messenger!
Dec-22-2001 21:52
Fraggle
trancEaddict Neverland
Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Sydney, AUSTRALIA
heheh, ya this really sux sux sux sux sux sux sux
i usually foul mouth back at them...got a few replies like Spad...but usually they don't reply, or send the same crap again
...r there icq bots? or do these idiots send it manually!?!?!
someone should shoot them either way, fecking annoying it is!!!
I strictly only stick to MSN Messenger now, ICQ suxx ass, c'mon guys get on Messenger!
YESSSS!! boy_luke, you are definitely part of a rare breed
I only got ICQ spam messages when I upgraded icq2000b from like one build to the next (i.e. I had the two most recent versions) mainly because the update was supposed to stop problems icq had with win XP. Now I get so much of these garbage messages... and worst of all, I didn't turn on authorization request and turn off automatic file transfer when i left the new version of icq on overnight. What a sorry mistake that was...
I use a program called trillian. I can talk to poeple who have ICQ, MSN, AIM, and yahoo at the same time. I think there is some bot crawling around the ICQ site collecting numbers and sending out the ads. I get them on 99b, 200b, and I never went up to 2001, I jsut switched to trillian instead. But I do get the occasional ad. The trick is not letting them have your number. But with all those features ICQ has, it can easily be tracked down. Anyway, if you have seen the light and want trillian. Its at www.trillian.cc
I personally think they pay Mirabilis (or AOL or whoever) so they can do this. I actually replied "FUCK OFF!!!" to one though, and got a reply "sorry, I thought you would be interested" which was pretty funny 
