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("I Seek You") A conferencing program for the Internet from Mirabilis, Tel Aviv, Israel (www.icq.com). It provides interactive chat, e-mail and file transfer and can alert you when someone on...

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("I Seek You") A conferencing program for the Internet from Mirabilis, Tel Aviv, Israel (www.icq.com). It provides interactive chat, e-mail and file transfer and can alert you when someone on your predefined list has also come online. The chat rooms and alerts are managed by the Mirabilis servers. In 1998, Mirabilis and ICQ were acquired by AOL.



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    A Kaspersky researcher has discovered a fake antivirus warning linked to ads on ICQ, the instant-messaging program that is popular in Russia and Eastern Europe.

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  • Fake antivirus ads appear on ICQ

    A Kaspersky researcher has discovered a fake antivirus warning linked to ads on ICQ, the instant-messaging program that is popular in Russia and Eastern Europe.

    News items | January 26, 2011 8:06am PST

  • ICQ offers video chat

    Newly released application is product of America Online unit's recently created ICQ developer program.

    News items | October 25, 2004 8:53pm PDT

  • Open ICQ interface, add-ons target developers

    The latest version of America Online's ICQ instant-messaging client features a multifunction message window, birthday alerts, new games and cell phone message forwarding.

    News items | April 20, 2004 3:26pm PDT

  • ICQ to ping application developers

    The instant-messaging pioneer plans to unveil an API program with the release of ICQ 4.0 next week.

    News items | April 16, 2004 8:19pm PDT

  • ICQ gets 'friendlier' with new service

    AOL's popular instant-messaging service adds Friendster-like social networking as a new feature to boost subscriptions.

    News items | March 4, 2004 5:12pm PST

  • New ICQ hooks up with AIM

    America Online will release a new version of its ICQ instant-messaging software that will allow users to communicate with its AOL subscribers. The new version of ICQ Lite is scheduled to launch...

    News items | June 16, 2003 10:56pm PDT

  • Security group: ICQ is flawed

    Two serious flaws in America Online's ICQ software could allow an online attacker to take control of person's PC, according to a Boston security firm.

    News items | May 6, 2003 11:26am PDT

  • Security group: ICQ is flawed

    Two serious flaws in America Online's ICQ software could allow an online attacker to take control of person's PC, according to a Boston security firm.

    News items | May 5, 2003 5:36pm PDT

  • ICQ sends global wireless message

    America Online says its ICQ division will provide messaging services for wireless companies in Germany, Israel, Taiwan and Canada, among other countries.

    News items | February 19, 2003 12:11pm PST

  • AIM to chat with ICQ

    AOL says it will allow its next version of AIM to communicate with ICQ, a surprise move that will topple the long-standing barrier between the two popular IM services.

    News items | October 29, 2002 5:04pm PST

  • ICQ Lite targets new converts

    AOL's popular instant messaging service releases a slimmed-down version, which comes with fewer bells and whistles, for first-time users.

    News items | October 1, 2002 11:28am PDT

  • CERT reports ICQ security hole

    America Online has modified the ICQ server infrastructure to filter out code that exploits the vulnerability, but users are advised to upgrade to the latest client.

    News items | January 25, 2002 7:30pm PST

  • AOL warns of ICQ attack risk

    Older versions of America Online’s ICQ instant messaging software contain a potentially damaging buffer overflow bug, warns AOL in an alert. The company tells users to upgrade now.

    News items | January 15, 2002 12:45am PST

  • Web makes ICQ mobile

    AOL Time Warner releases a Web-based version of ICQ instant messenger, allowing access to the service from any computer with an Internet connection and a browser.

    News items | December 11, 2001 8:30pm PST

  • Don't be a "Goner"

    Bad puns aside, you shouldn't be caught by the Goner worm. It's fast and aggressive, but it's beatable.Wayne Rash tells you how to squash this worm.

    News items | December 5, 2001 12:00am PST

  • AOL preens ICQ for smiley face-off

    It's face-lift time for ICQ as AOL adds file-sharing and other new features to the instant messaging service. But will the upgrade keep ICQ up there with retooled Microsoft and Yahoo IMs?

    News items | October 31, 2001 9:55pm PST

  • ICQ still the best messaging program

    ICQ is the first Internet instant messaging program many of us used, and in many ways, it's still the best, says David Coursey. Even if you use another instant messaging networks, the new version...

    News items | October 31, 2001 12:00am PST

  • Mass ICQ hack has security seething

    'This has more holes than Swiss cheese,' says a security analyst describing Microsoft's IIS Web server after the ICQ homepage was defaced again.

    News items | June 29, 2001 12:00am PDT

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