AIM Crush? How the h**l are they getting my screen name? Anyone else have this problem?

Question

Ive been getting like a million IMs from random screen names sayin blah blah u have an AIM crush blah blah then they sign off. What I would like to know is how the h**l they are getting my screen name! Anyone else have this problem?

Answer 1

bot  programs

all messengers have them

Answer 2

yea its driving me crazy and its like so weird i kno but they r bots just block them thats what i did =]

Answer 3

yea i get those too, they are bots. dont respond to those ims.  

Answer 4

They are botters.

Easy way to stop it is with these steps.

1. Go and open your aim window.

2. Go to file or My Aim

3. Edit Options

4. Edit preferences

5. On the left side click on "Privacy"

6. Then click on the circle that says "Only allow users on my buddylist"

7. Then click Ok or apply.

How they are doing it? Yahoo, Msn, and AIM have botters. They use programs to sign in screenames they have created to spam someone.

Answer 5

i've had this problem before. it's from bots. just block the bot and if the problem continues just report the bot/ user to aim