# Something strange with AIM???

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-strange-with-aim/107399>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 5, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-strange-with-aim/107399 "2002-05-05T16:34:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![SoulSearching](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@SoulSearching](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulSearching)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-strange-with-aim/107399/1 "2002-05-05T16:34:17Z")

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I have noticed that I will get occasional pop-up windows to the website: [www.aidsherbalcure.com](http://www.aidsherbalcure.com)

At first I thought it was from whatever page I was already looking and it’s pop-up window. Then I noticed the pop-up would come up when nothing was running except for my AIM. Does anyone know if AIM does this? It is quite annoying. I also tend to notice it comes up almost everytime I type the word “aid” or “aids” or something close to it in an AIM conversation. Is it coming from AIM?

Oh while we’re on the subject, any recommendations for a good free anti-pop up program, theres plenty of them out there but some slow down the comp too much.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-strange-with-aim/107399/2 "2002-05-05T17:58:58Z")

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That doesn’t sound like AIM. Go download AdAware; it sounds like you’ve got scumware.

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**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-strange-with-aim/107399/3 "2002-05-05T22:32:16Z")

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[http://www.lavasoft.com/](http://www.lavasoft.com/) for AdAware.

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**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-strange-with-aim/107399/4 "2002-05-05T22:33:27Z")

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GAH! [http://www.lavasoftusa.com/](http://www.lavasoftusa.com/)

Sorry.