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, 20196 yr by roytam1

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

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!

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.

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.

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 ) !

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.  

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, 20196 yr by cc333

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

I have a feeling this is just a bloated Firefox clone

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, 20196 yr by jumper

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

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/

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.

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