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by d.walker5

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My client uses AOL ver8.0. I installed DSL service and everything works fine. Except, click IEXPLORE.exe and up pops an ad for an AOL free trial. The AOL ad file is on the Win ME box, as IE never opens, no connection to the Internet is established. It seems that clicking IEXPLORER.exe redirects to the AOL ad file.exe. All IE settings are correct i.e. home page: http://news.google.com/. Any suggests on how to stop the behavior?

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by manojkrs

there is noo such thing, ask your client to make IE as default browser. I am sure that your client is using AOL 8 and AOL software is default browser so when ever IE will be open there AOL pop up will come to open AOL only. I hope you know how to make IE as default browser.

by aquaris

the first answer is one remedy..

that is make IE your default browser...
but if any renegade BHO has been installed with AOL8.0 then that wont help much..

i advice..
1- download Adaware...its a free download. from

www.lavasoftusa.com it should take care of the advertizing element of AOL...

and Download BHO cop.

it should be at..

www.thehun.com/articles/bhocop/

or

www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,9414,00.asp

if you cannot find it at those URL search for
BHO cop with google it will spin out many more URLs for it..

run it...and disable any BHO related to AOL in its listing..

it should take care of your problem and hope it helps.

by rknrlkid

I believe that the answer may be with how your customer has AOL set up. I take it from your post that the customer now wants to use DSL to access the internet, not AOL dial-up. The AOL program must be changed in the settings to connect through a LAN or Local ISP, and not dial-up. There is a setup button on the opening screen of AOL, and you can change it there. Your customer should also contact AOL to change his billing, because otherwise he will be paying twice as much as he should for the service (AOL is cheaper if you use an ISP rather than their dial-up numbers).

Unless you do that, AOL will think that it is the only way to access the internet, causing it to launch every time you access Internet Explorer (or Outlook Express, if accessing email).

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