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yeah.. their supposedly high tech security software
will prevent me from getting a virus on my mac. that's exactly what one of their tech people told me when I was trying to get my mom's account cancelled (which was actually cancelled 4 months prior, and I had to call every month to get them to stop billing her), and the "tech" was trying to get me to subscribe. The tech support team is highly underqualified, the majority of them are in India (or whereever they outsourced it to) and not only can you not understand them, but they get pissy with you when you make them repeat themselves.

why on earth anyone would pay $16 a month for the crappy ass chat rooms is beyond me, but their security suite is a farce. The day my mom installed aol on her brand new computer, she managed to pick up 8 "critical" files in about 3 hours. It took me almost 12 hours to get all of AOL's spyware off of her computer, and I still wonder if I got all of it. AOL re-installed portmagic on her computer 3 times during that whole process, and every time was without permission. doesn't that qualify AOL as badware?
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And now  Shelendrea | 04/13/06
Actually I think that's  Jack-Booted EULA | 04/13/06
eh  Shelendrea | 04/14/06
AOL E-MAIL TAX  the masses | 04/13/06
Yeah...  mobrien_12@... | 04/13/06
This is what happens without Net Neutrality  Mr. Roboto | 04/13/06
Nothing to do with Net Neutrality  george_ou | 04/13/06
What they did was legal, but reprehensible  terry flores | 04/14/06
No, it's not legal  george_ou | 04/14/06
Cogent v. Level3  fyao | 04/14/06
Not Legal  D-Ram | 04/18/06
Are they editing content?  Teran | 04/16/06
All reasons to support Net Neutrality.  s_gamgee | 04/18/06
AOL is a Virus, Worm and Trojan Horse All Rolled Into One!  DragonBRockin | 04/13/06
Too true  Teran | 04/16/06
ditto...  John_Doe69 | 04/17/06
Spam is spam  dancac | 04/14/06
If u r AOL customer, you LIKE having someone else drive  ejhonda | 04/14/06
AOL Lost me long ago.  foxie9876 | 04/14/06
REASON NUMBER 19830281......  bad2thebone_z | 04/14/06
yeah.. their supposedly high tech security software  thatxbxtchxnicoll | 04/17/06
It doesn't take a linux geek to know  Boot_Agnostic | 04/14/06
friends dont let friends use aol  linuxoverwindows | 04/17/06
Keep Talking  s_gamgee | 04/18/06
AOL lies, it was Not just links!  NonSuch_z | 04/17/06
I too doubt the veracity of AOL's story  Dr_Zinj | 04/18/06
AOL  SuzieShihtzu | 04/17/06
AOL- Did the same non-sense during the.....  Sysop1984 | 04/17/06
Surely this constitutes  StRaNgEdAyS | 04/18/06
What You May Not Be Aware Of ...  mijcar | 04/17/06
Nothing new!!  Robinpow | 04/17/06
that's not all they block  casey1225 | 04/17/06
AOL is scared  Keywalker4God | 04/18/06
AOL AND MAIL SERVERS  Zuran | 04/19/06
aol isnt that bad  TekkWise@... | 06/02/06

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