AOL Shield browser now available for Windows XP and Vista

[roytam1]

2 hours ago, ellawatson480 said:

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4 hours ago, Joe Jennifer said:

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I think these accounts are just spammers. newly registered and first post is just usual spam.

Edited September 17, 2019 by roytam1

[win32]

Yeah, there was another one in the same format this weekend in the website forum. Another American with full name on Windows 2000.

[dencorso]

2 hours ago, Mathwiz said:

@dencorso, could you please remove the offending post (or at least "neuter" the deceptive link)?

Here spammers get banned and reported to anti-spam services. And get all posts removed, too. Done!

[bluebolt]

53 minutes ago, dencorso said:

Here spammers get banned and reported to anti-spam services. And get all posts removed, too. Done!

One more to go, pretty please.

[dencorso]

11 minutes ago, bluebolt said:

One more to go, pretty please.

My friends, you should report those posts (there is a "report" at the extreme right on the upper blue bar on each post), not post about them. By reporting you ensure any online mod'll deal with that faster than just when I happen to return here (which is often, but maybe not often enough) and help us zero exactly on which post the spammer is ... In any case, it's done.

[VistaLover]

32 minutes ago, dencorso said:

you should report those posts (there is a "report" at the extreme right on the upper blue bar on each post), not post about them

... FTR, I did report the two contained in this thread (I suppose there exist site logs that can confirm my claim), sadly only after I had also posted about them (twice... ; but to my defence, the spammer did strike back, out of spite no doubt, after I had flagged his/her first attempt...); anyhow, thanks for the cleanup (and next time, I'll be wiser ) !

[dencorso]

2 hours ago, VistaLover said:

FTR, I did report

   Well... we may have a problem: I cannot find any report after Sep 10! So it seems the report system is malfunctioning. I'll ask xper to give it a look. Meanwhile you can keep posting or PMing if needed. I'll sure keep y'all posted on how it develops.  

[cc333]

On 9/17/2019 at 2:07 PM, dencorso said:

I cannot find any report after Sep 10!

Hmm, interesting....

Hope it gets fixed soon!

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Edited September 20, 2019 by cc333

[rainstorm1650]

Back on topic, this works on Windows 2000 with a latest extended kernel.

[Guest PretzelsFox]

I have a feeling this is just a bloated Firefox clone

[jumper]

AOL Shield 60.0.2882.0

License: Free Freeware
Publisher: AOL
OS: Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP
Updated: Feb 28, 2018

“Chromium-based web browser from America Online which provides a number of security and privacy features”

Edited November 11, 2019 by jumper

[Mathwiz]

Despite claims at the Web site, it doesn't seem to install in Win XP:

[Duck42069]

2 hours ago, Mathwiz said:

Despite claims at the Web site, it doesn't seem to install in Win XP:

You're probably trying to install AOL Shield pro which is based on a new version of Chrome. Xp only works with the firefox 52 version which you can get here https://getonline.aol.com/xp-vista/

[Mathwiz]

To be specific, I was trying to install the Chromium-based version linked to in @jumper's post directly above mine. (The FF 52-based version is old news.) The Web site claimed XP compatibility, but I was skeptical, and sure enough, it doesn't install.

[i430VX]

The actual AOL website notes that the chrome version of shield has NO XP/Vista compatibility