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ICQ ADS no more......
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| DjTS-NeXiLe |
| quote: | 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.
And u should get a msg window like so…\
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from http://isittru.50megs.com
enjoy :) |
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| Spad |
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. |
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| 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! |
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| DjTS-NeXiLe |
| 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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| Henkie_henk |
| 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.. :p had the same banner removal :) Way easier to do 2... :D
sorry m8 ;) old news :) But hey congrats on finding it on yr own lol :) |
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| Coup |
| paul can u post up a link to that proggie, sounds fun! :D |
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| DjTS-NeXiLe |
| quote: | Originally posted by Henkie_henk
lol more like a script kiddie.. check my thread from eeh.. ages ago.. :p had the same banner removal :) Way easier to do 2... :D
sorry m8 ;) old news :) But hey congrats on finding it on yr own lol :) |
what??? man, its just that i tried to use some ed up crack ages ago and it never worked... its just this method is really quick and it works straight away. ! |
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| Denser |
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...:rolleyes: |
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| Paul Griffiths 1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DjTS-NeXiLe
sounds like ur a hacker m8. hehe.
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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. |
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| Starfox |
| i just removed it like 6 months ago deleting 3 *.DLL |
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| Henkie_henk |
| quote: | Originally posted by DjTS-NeXiLe
what??? man, its just that i tried to use some ed up crack ages ago and it never worked... its just this method is really quick and it works straight away. ! |
It worked 4 me :p
http://www.geocities.com/rwonl/IcQYou.html
here ya go... |
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| DjTS-NeXiLe |
Thats the one that didnt work for me ! |
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