Robin T Cox <robin2803@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:XAdKa.118$%a.1610@newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net:

> siljaline <siljaline@invalid.com> wrote in
> news:qmhifvgoaeaesvs8q9rd3v6uog2742na4j@4ax.com:
>
>> On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 09:39:32 +0300, Lance Delacroix
>> <lance_delacroix@fastmail.fm> wrote:
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>>> Do "chat" programs (ICQ, etc.) put spyware or other ****ware on
>>> computers?
>>
>> http://www.freewarehome.com/software...ware/index.htm
>>
>
> Does anybody know whether the user can avoid getting infected by using
> (say) Trillian to connect to ICQ, rather than ICQ's own chat client?
>
>

I have been using Trillian (with ICQ) for more than a year now. Although
most of my contacts are on MSN and Yahoo, I do have some ICQ folks on
there. Have not seen any spyware. However, I will be giving up Trillian
once Miranda(http://sourceforge.net/projects/miranda-icq/) gets a but more
stable.

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