Quoting db db...@att.net:
Can anyone tell me what probably occurred and what are the best
procedures for securing iChat/ AIM that won't also block the LogMeIn
remote login that I use to give him lessons?
I don't have an actual answer for you (sorry), but this might be worth
a trip to an
On Aug 22, 2009, at 11:44 PM, db wrote:
Currently he has no use whatsoever for iChat (he's just learning to
mouse about, read emails etc... he hasn't even sent an email
yet...) and I'd like to make sure his computer and iChat are secure
and impervious to more of the same.
On Aug 23, 2009, at 8:14 AM, Reid Katan wrote:
How else would he have iChat and AIM accounts going?
iChat uses the AIM network. So no surprise there.
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On Aug 23, 2009, at 8:14 AM, Reid Katan wrote:
How else would he have iChat and AIM accounts going?
iChat uses the AIM network. So no surprise there.
What I was wondering is, basically, do Macs come with iChat/AIM
accounts set up? That seems like something
It's a new computer and the most he might have done was accidentally
clicked on the iChat icon on the Dock (he says he didn't..) ... which
could have launched the program. Somehow it got launched. (I think
maybe iChat gets automatically launched if you access the camera or
microphone).
db wrote:
It's a new computer and the most he might have done was accidentally
clicked on the iChat icon on the Dock (he says he didn't..) ... which
could have launched the program. Somehow it got launched. (I think
maybe iChat gets automatically launched if you access the camera or
On Aug 23, 2009, at 10:33 AM, Reid Katan wrote:
What I was wondering is, basically, do Macs come with iChat/AIM
accounts set up? That seems like something he would have to enable.
I've had my iBook for about a year so far (bought refurbed with OSX.
4 from Geeks.com) and no one has tried to
Does that mean that that's only way the login.oscar.aol.com account that
I found on his machine could have gotten installed in iChat preferences
next to the Bonjour acct?
I tend to agree with your experience but in this case my uncle can't
type, has trouble clicking on the right button
At 1:07 PM -0700 8/23/09, db wrote:
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Can I chase down oscar.aol.com on my own by other means to see if it
is someone he knows?
The oscar is not a person's name; it is the name of the normal,
everyday AIM server. It was set up automatically.
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Roger
Lovettsville, VA
An uncle of mine who lives by himself and just bought his first
computer... a new Leopard iMac... reported that there were mysterious
windows showing on his desktop when he would wake the computer up to
check his email (He doesn't turn it off...).
I live on the opposite side of the country so
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