m0rphr3us Posted June 9, 2005 Posted June 9, 2005 alright well i didnt do anything out of the ordinary and i cant figure this 1 out at all.. aim.exe (aol instant messenger) has been taking up 75-99% cpu usage and 45mb of ram.. i have no clue why this is happening but (as far as i know) i dont have any aim trojans or anything and it just started happening out nowhere so.. any ideas? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nan0click Posted June 9, 2005 Posted June 9, 2005 i dont know how it started... but i can make it stop. dont use aim. use something else like GAIM or Trillian. GAIM and Trillian, though designed to be used as all in one messengers, they both work well when only using one service like AIM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0rphr3us Posted June 9, 2005 Posted June 9, 2005 yea i know.. i have trillian pro but i keep going back to aim.. im just used 2 it and now i dont know how 2 fix it.. im on a laptop currently so its like overheating lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noseeme Posted June 9, 2005 Posted June 9, 2005 Thats odd. On my system, it uses 29MB, and 0% of my cpu. If I were you, I would uninstall, manually remove all of its registry entries, and download and install the latest version. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0rphr3us Posted June 9, 2005 Posted June 9, 2005 that was my last option so ill do it now :-\ ugh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fire_storm Posted June 9, 2005 Posted June 9, 2005 Use trillian aim has spyware on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caffeinejunkie Posted June 9, 2005 Posted June 9, 2005 you probabaly have that one aim virus that all it does is keep sending itself to people on your buddylist. just google aim virus the one page has the fix. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeble Posted June 10, 2005 Posted June 10, 2005 (edited) I suggest using Gaim. It's free and open-source, so no spyware would ever make it into that. I used it to replace AIM and have had no regrets. EDIT: I just noticed Gaim is doing the same thing for me... Odd, it's never done it before. Maybe this is some new kind of digital attack? I wondered why my CPU temps were 45-50C... Edited June 10, 2005 by Bleeble Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Propane Posted June 10, 2005 Posted June 10, 2005 I suggest using Gaim. It's free and open-source, so no spyware would ever make it into that. I used it to replace AIM and have had no regrets. EDIT: I just noticed Gaim is doing the same thing for me... Odd, it's never done it before. Maybe this is some new kind of digital attack? I wondered why my CPU temps were 45-50C... 489777[/snapback] This occasionally happens to me on Gaim as well... It is fixed simpilly by exiting Gaim and restarting it... it also usually happens right after I try to log in after being disconnected and while my computer is still waking up... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted June 10, 2005 Posted June 10, 2005 I use the AIM ad-hack and I'm sitting on 0% usage and 5.6 megs of ram used. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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