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ICQ Starts Blocking Alternative Clients

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-that's-not-how-friends-play-nice dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It appears that since yesterday ICQ has blocked access to the ICQ network to alternative clients. Users of QIP, Adium, and other clients are getting a 'The client version you are using is too old. Please upgrade'. No comment yet from ICQ or AOL."

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  1. Re:IC what? by ya+really · · Score: 0, Troll

    ICQ...the perferred IM client for Russian and Chinese crackers/criminals. Seriously.

  2. Re:I use ICQ for inline images by larry+bagina · · Score: 0, Troll

    try goat-say.

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  3. Remember the old conspiracy theory? by billyjoeray · · Score: 0, Troll

    ICQ was a plot by Mossad to spy on the internet.

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  4. Re:ICQ? by grub · · Score: 0, Troll


    I used to chat with girls online, meet them, and stick my penis into their vagina.

    Where did you dump the bodies?

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