If You Use AIM Instant Messenger

[Landis82]

You might want to be aware of how the "aolload.exe" can suck up all of the resources of your CPU.

This happens to me every time I "exit" from AIM.

My processor gets overloaded running at nearly 100%.

http://www.techworld.com/security/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=1&entryid=636

 

[illinimatt81]

Use a third party application like Trillian or Pidgin. No need to use the native AIM client. Personally I use Pidgin. Pidgin is simple, doesn't use resources and supports multiple clients.

 

[kinar]

Quote from illinimatt81:

Use a third party application like Trillian or Pidgin. No need to use the native AIM client. Personally I use Pidgin. Pidgin is simple, doesn't use resources and supports multiple clients.

Agreed.

Personally I use Miranda IM. Not only is it free but it is also open source (not a huge selling point for many people, but it is for me).

http://www.miranda-im.org/

 

[TraderZones]

I run AIM and Vista and do not have this problem

My aolload.exe is running at 1976K of memory, way down the list of processes.

My CPU load is usually at a few percent...

Try completely uninstalling and reinstalling with the latest AIM

 

[tradedat]

i use an older version of aim (4.8). less taxing on my system. i've had the newer versions try to take over my computer.

 

[Moderate]

pidgin for the win