As the discoverer of several flaws in ICQ, posting to BugTraq under the name Wumpus, observes: Mirabilis has been extremely negligent in fixing protocol holes, and this allows accounts to be subverted with possible leaks of information. Sites such as ICQ Spoofing () now offer multiple tools for cracking ICQ user identification numbers (UINs), including ICQsniff, for reading passwords off a LAN, and ICQFlood, for mailbombing unsuspecting targets. ICQ was apparently never designed to carry critical or sensitive information, and it shows. In May named Mirabilis the web’s fourth most visited site, behind only Yahoo, Netscape and Microsoft. Since releasing its ICQ (I Seek You) program in November 1996, Mirabilis has seen users reach nearly 12 million and hits to its web site increase exponentially. The company may be a victim of its own success. Now you will be able to login with your UIN and your password, go to the settings and attach your e-mail address to your account.An anonymous subscriber to the BugTraq mailing list has pointed out numerous flaws in Mirabilis’ ICQ personal internet messaging software.

You have successfully set the password for your ICQ account. Here you have to enter your received code, set your new desired password and submit the form again! You probably already guessed – enter your phone number, the captcha and submit the form.Īfter you’ve submitted the form, you will receive another SMS with a code and you will be redirected to the following page: While you logged out, go on the “ Password recovery” site: Go back to the ICQ website, and logout if you already logged in. On the ICQ website or in ICQ itself there is an option to set the password, but the old password, which is unknown, is required too. Sadly ICQ has a bug on their website, which does not allow people to attach an e-mail address without any preparations (setting a password):Īs you can see a password is required to add the desired e-mail address.īut what password? We didn’t enter a password, we just received a code via SMS, that’s it. Right now ICQ allows people to register only with their mobile phone number and later on it is possible to attach an e-mail address to your account.

It’s working much faster and much more smooth than Skype, and is generally quite nice. That’s a free call, video call and chat client for PCs and different mobile phones. Because Skype is getting worse and worse, I suggested to my girlfriend to get the free messenger ICQ.

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