i vaguely remember seeing ads in the mainline icq client which instantly led me to a fix (aka tool to remove them). alternative multi-im clients followed shortl

i vaguely remember seeing ads in the mainline icq client which instantly led me to a fix (aka tool to remove them). alternative multi-im clients followed shortly and i've never had any problem with them. still remember my icq number althou i haven't used it in a decade.