AOL faces competition, spammers

 

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America Online confronts challenges on all sides, from the instant messaging wars to the cable access race, as well as spammers who hijack its proprietary users' accounts.

AOL taps Lycos in instant messaging war update Packing more firepower into its raging battle against Microsoft, America Online says it will help develop a custom version of AOL Instant Messenger for Lycos. Case: AOL alive and well Q&A For a decade, America Online's critics have predicted death for the online service, but chief executive Steve Case points out that so far, they've all been wrong. AOL users lured into spam scam Despite months of warnings, America Online subscribers continue to fall prey to an email scam that enables spammers to hijack their accounts.