11-07-2017
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Thanks for the help.

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Thank you.

24-04-2017
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Method not working

24-04-2017
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THANK YOU FOR THE ADVICE YOU HELPED.

15-04-2017
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Thanks for helping :)

13-12-2016
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I can't go to play store

07-11-2016
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Thank you

29-05-2016
18 o'clock 42 min.
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This method doesn't work! I set the item to never update, but the antivirus constantly gives a notification that you need to check for new applications

29-12-2015
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Thanks a lot!

22-11-2015
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Very useful for dummies!!! Thank you.

19-11-2015
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Don't update android. This loads the memory and the device starts to slow down.. Everything is done so that the user quickly thinks about buying a newer one..

20-10-2015
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After you have opened the Play Market, pull the screen on the left side with your finger and the menu should also open and look for settings in it.

20-10-2015
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and I can't. I go to the play market then the menu and the menu does not open (tel fly 45124) help me what I'm doing wrong

18-07-2015
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Your advice helped me, I myself would not have guessed that this is possible. Thank you!!!

01-03-2015
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Sergey, if the money is still being withdrawn, then it’s better to call your telecom operator and find out what the money is being withdrawn for. They will explain exactly why they withdraw money for the Internet or for some kind of paid services.

01-03-2015
07 o'clock 28 min.
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I set up a ban on updates and turned off other applications and still they take money from me almost 200 rubles a day, what should I do

09-02-2015
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Thank you author, I solved the problem with your help. I didn’t find the settings, I thought what a shnyaga)

29-01-2015
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there is no such column in the options

22-01-2015
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Thank you so much and then tired of these applications are constantly updated.

19-07-2014
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Thanks for the helpful advice!

08-04-2014
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I used to constantly gobble up the Internet and quickly drain the battery, and after turning off automatic application updates, the battery lasts longer and the Internet is super bit enough for a day.

24-03-2014
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Should have turned it off a long time ago automatic update and then my 50 mb is barely enough.

24-02-2014
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Thank you

Older versions of Mail.ru Agent (6.4, 6.2 and earlier) have been automatically updated to version 10, and the user is not given the opportunity to refuse the upgrade. The modern Agent has a number of shortcomings and unnecessary functions, so many people want to disable the program update. It is impossible to do this through the settings, and even after reinstalling the Agent, the familiar version remains in the system only until the computer is restarted. However, if you understand how the upgrade process takes place, you can disable this feature. Today I will tell you how to disable the update of Mail.ru Agent to version 10.

Understanding how to prevent updating Mail.ru Agent to a new version

Disable Mail.ru Agent update: instructions

The update does not occur from inside the Agent itself - it uses a separate executable file magentsetup.exe, located in one of the hidden system folders on the C:\ drive. Simply deleting it will not prevent the upgrade - the file will simply be recreated. To permanently disable the Mail.ru Agent update, you need to deny the program access to the file system.

Before doing this, you need to completely remove the messenger from your computer. Using the standard Windows tool"Add/Remove Programs" won't help, as it leaves Agent's "tails" on the hard drive. Remove all hidden components of the program, as well as accompanying products Mail.ru (Sputnik, Amigo browser, etc.) you need to use third party utilities- for example, Revo Uninstaller, CCleaner, Geek Uninstaller, Wise Disk Cleaner, etc.

You can remove the Agent standard tool but clean up hidden folders have to manually

When the Agent is removed, do the following:

1. Enable showing hidden directories through the folder options, the "View" tab, the "Advanced Options" block.
2. Go to the hidden system directory C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming, create a Mail.Ru folder in it, in it - Agent, inside which - bin.
3. Open the properties of the bin folder, go to the "Security" tab and remove all rights from all user groups.

After that, you can download and install the usual version of the messenger. The program needs to be launched and used for some time, since it will be possible to disable the Mail.ru Agent update only after the magentsetup.exe file is created.

The rights to make changes are configured through the properties of folders and files

After waiting a bit, you need to do the following:

1. Close Agent.
2. Go to the AppData\Roaming\Mail.ru\Agent\Mra\Update folder in the user directory on the system drive.
3. Open Text Document version4.txt with any editor, find the line silent_update:1 in it by pressing Ctrl+F, and change it to silent_update:0.
4. Open the properties of the version4.txt file and disable write permissions for all user groups.
5. Create text file with the name magentsetup, change its extension from .txt to .exe and deny all rights to it.
6. Delete the original magentsetup.exe file.

After that, updates will be disabled. At the same time, everything Accounts in Mail.ru Agent will work fine.

Using the portable version of Mail.ru Agent

Since in order for the update process to start, the messenger must “register” in the system, saving its files in system directories, the portable version of the program will save you from the upgrade.

Externally, the portable version of Agent 6.2 is no different from the full version.

The portable-Agent is used very simply:

• download the usual version of the messenger;
• run;
• use.

There will be no updates in this case; Moreover, portable version does not need to be installed. Its disadvantage is that it does not save settings and history on the hard drive.

Knowing how to disable the update of Mail.ru Agent, it is easy to disable upgrades of other company products - for example, ICQ. This is done in the same order, only the names of folders and files will be ICQ, not magent.

In contact with

Many modern programs have an automatic update that automatically downloads updates. There is such a function in ICQ. Thus, developers add new functions to the utilities, change the design, make the interface accessible and understandable. But many users want to work with the messenger they downloaded, and they don't need all these changes. Let's see how to disable automatic ICQ updates if you do not want updates to be installed in this program.

Figure out how to turn off automatic ICQ updates if you want no updates to be installed

In the old ICQ, this function is available in the options:

1. Go to settings.
2. Uncheck the Automatic Updates checkbox.

But in the new ICQ there is no such item in the parameters. The program downloads updates without even asking the user for permission. And you cannot disable this option or cancel the installation in the utility itself. But there are several workarounds.

Remove file responsible for updates

You can disable auto-update as follows:

1. Find the icqsetup.exe file in the messenger folder. To do this, right-click on the utility shortcut and select Properties. The "Object" field will contain the path to the application.
2. Or enter its name in the search bar. It is located at the top right of any folder window. There is always a magnifying glass next to the search.
3. Block icqsetup.exe from running with an antivirus or firewall. Or just rename the file. It does not need to be removed, it is better to just disable the bootloader. So you will be able to restore it if there are any problems with ICQ.

You need to remove the file responsible for updates

After that, the program will not be able to update. Windows with a suggestion to download it will still appear, but they will not be able to do anything without your knowledge. And if you accidentally agree to the download (click on the wrong button, for example), then the installer will give an error. And will not put a new messenger.

Through autoload

And here's how to disable ICQ update in autorun:

1. Go to the start menu.
2. At the bottom there is a line for entering text. Write "msconfig" in it (without quotes).
3. The file will appear at the top. Open it.
4. It is necessary to remove or disable the UpdateICQ parameter (if it is there). So ICQ will not be able to update through autorun.

You can remove the update through autoload

After that, do the following:

1. Go to "Start" - "Run". Or press the Win+R keys (Win is the button with the Windows logo. It's usually between Ctrl and Alt).
2. Type "services.msc" (remove quotes) and click OK.
3. In the window that opens, find the item UpdateICQ or ICQUpdate. This is the service that is responsible for updating.
4. Right-click on it and click Stop (or Disable).
5. In the same context menu select "Properties".
6. In the "Startup type" drop-down list, select "Manual".
7. To turn automatic updates back on, click the "Start" button there.

You can also use third-party software to work with autoloads. For example, CCleaner, Startup Manager or Autoruns. These utilities have tools that control autorun and prevent applications from opening on their own.

ICQ Update Patch

The simplest and effective way disable updates - use the ICQ Update Patch add-on. Unlike other solutions that may not fix your problem, this utility will definitely remove automatic updates. It is placed on the sixth, seventh or Lite version ICQ. You need to work with it like this:

The easiest and most effective way to disable updates is to use the ICQ Update Patch add-on

1. Run the patch.
2. Specify the path to the directory with the messenger. To do this, click the "Change" button.
3. Check "Create a backup of existing files" if you want to save backup copy original files.
4. Click on "Start".

To use the ICQ interface that you are used to, you must remove it yourself and install the previous version of the utility. After all, it is no longer possible to roll back ICQ through the menu of the program itself. Before you delete it, save the message history in separate documents (if it is activated in the settings). To do this, follow these steps:

1. Right-click on the contact whose correspondence you want to add to the file.
2. Select "History". In different ICQ, this menu may be called differently.
3. Click the "Save" button. Sometimes it is represented as a floppy disk icon.
4. Specify a name and provide a path. The story will be converted to a text document.txt. So you can always view it. And it will not be scary to roll back the program, because your data will remain in the computer's memory.
5. Do this for all relevant contacts.
6. In some types of messengers, it is impossible to save correspondence.

You need to get rid of the ICQ that does not suit you

After that, you need to get rid of the ICQ that does not suit you.

1. Go to "Start" - "Control Panel".
2. Open Programs and Features (or Uninstall Programs if you have Category View turned on).
3. In the window that appears, find ICQ.
4. Right-click on it and click "Delete".
5. Confirm the action and wait for the process to finish.
6. After that, some single program files or registry entries may remain. To get rid of them, use programs to clean the system and complete removal utilities. For example, Revo Uninstaller is suitable for this.

Now you need to download the installer, which does not yet have updates. And block them there. If you don't have desired file find it on the internet.

1. Open any search engine.
2. Drive in there key phrase- for example, "download the old ICQ". Or specify the specific messenger version you want to use.
3. Select the desired program, download it and install it. So it will turn out to return the utility that you liked. And you will be able to work with a user-friendly interface.

In "new" ICQ, it is not so easy to cancel automatic updates. There is no such option in the program settings.

In "new" ICQ, it is not so easy to cancel automatic updates - there is simply no such option in the program settings. You can prevent it from downloading updates through autorun or block the bootloader. But it is best to use a special patch. So the messenger will definitely not be able to install anything on its own. And then you can figure out how to return old version ICQ.

Ah, this is nostalgia! We downloaded the messenger and realized that EVERYTHING has changed since then.

I am sure (and hope) that most of our readers at some point had their own "ICQ". Someone had a super-ELITE 5-digit or 6-digit number and was terribly proud of it.

And someone, like me, just communicated in this real messenger of the future and felt at the forefront of progress.

Time is long gone, but ICQ remained. Many things made us switch to other messengers, and we forgot about Asya. And in vain, because she grew up, got prettier and generally became completely different.

As for me, these changes suit her. By the 20th anniversary of ICQ, we remembered what happened a long time ago and looked at what the service has today. Is it worth putting it on and trying to fall in love again? Reading.

A bit of history. How it was just recently

About 15 years ago, communication on the Internet was seriously different from today. We didn't have it in our hands the most powerful smartphones and absent Mobile Internet, we corresponded with friends using desktop computers and push-button phones.

The most popular messenger at that time was ICQ (in the common people "ICQ"). Simple and reliable program. Like Winamp, only from the world of instant messengers. Students probably won't understand. The Internet was not a garbage dump then ... but oh well, let's not talk about it now :)

ICQ (I seek you) - translated into Russian, the name of this program means "I'm looking for you."

The fate of ICQ is not easy, there were ups and downs. So, in 2005, the total number of users reached the mark of 500 million users, but over time, the situation began to change. The main program became cumbersome and stuffed with ads, third-party clients appeared that used the same protocol (Miranda, QIP).

A serious blow to the positions of ICQ was caused by actively developing social networks, many users began to communicate exclusively there.

As a result, in 2010, the company was bought by the Digital Sky Technologies investment fund, which was led by the famous billionaire Alisher Usmanov, and entered the Mail.ru Group. At that moment, the world of online communication began to be captured by instant messengers for smartphones Whatsapp and Viber. Many began to forget the "grandfather" of all popular instant messaging clients.

We decided to figure out what ICQ is today and whether it can be used.

1. Versatility, you can communicate anywhere

The ICQ client can be downloaded for any platform. From Android to OS X. There is even a WEB version that allows you to communicate from your account without installing anything at all. We go to web.icq.com, log in through mobile phone(an SMS will come with a confirmation code) and feel free to communicate directly in the browser.

As before, each user is assigned UIN(Universal Internet Number). Accordingly, you can log in using it, as well as via email or mobile number. Unfortunately, I could not restore my ancient account data from the 2000s, I did not remember the password, on Secret Question couldn't answer either.

I had to register again. Everything is elementary and does not differ from actions in Telegram.

Also, as in any modern messenger, you can make a call or make a video call right in ICQ. All calls to ICQ are protected by end-to-end encryption.

2. Notifications, a long forgotten sound can still be heard

Mac version

The program asks for access to the address book in the iPhone and tells which of the friends of a very old dinosaur uses ICQ.

Of course we will hear the famous notification sound (oh-oh-oh!), it works in all versions.

Notifications are easily configured, you can block an annoying contact if necessary, and in one click. A convenient feature, "ICQ" will not annoy (or shoot) the number of unread messages. The same Telegram does not know how, there is a maximum you can turn off the sound of notifications.

3. Familiar interface, modern and convenient

Mac version

The program meets with a familiar interface. But familiar to us not by "ICQ", but by any standard modern messenger. On the left is a menu with all contacts, on the right is the main chat with a specific user. There is an easy logical customization - favorite contacts, different backgrounds. Everything is like with people, in a word.

Pleased with the ultimate logic of the entire menu, you don’t have to look for the necessary items at all. Everything is at hand.

4. Group chats, chat with the whole world

iPhone version

You can communicate not only tete-a-tete, but also with a large company. You added everyone to one group and you decide the question posed, for example, where to spend the New Year with the company? Simple and convenient.

There are also public group chats, a sort of public account in Viber. You can chat, receive useful news, send out new music, etc. Dating chats are more like a bunch of schoolchildren, I wonder what they are doing here anyway?

5. Snaps - take pictures and make stories

iPhone version

Perhaps the most interesting innovation of the modern "ICQ" is the so-called snaps. These are temporary photo posts, they appeared here even before the similar feature Stories on Instagram.

ICQ also offers to process the media file in its own editor using neural networks. Newfangled chip, many people like it. In addition, there is an analogue of MSQRD with its own blackjack and whores list of branded masks from bunnies to the terminator.

The most popular snaps are included in the list of the best snaps on the corresponding page of the application. You can become famous.

What is the result?

In the dry residue, modern ICQ - stable reliable messenger. If it were not for his difficult fate in 2008-2012, he would now be in world trends.

Oddly enough, today it is used not only by "old" Internet users, but also by young people, disappointed with Skype's glitches and the restrictions of Telegram and Whatsapp. Much of what is available in ICQ today is not possible anywhere else.

By the way, on November 15, 2016, the legendary messenger turned 20 years old. It is alive, works reliably and does not stop developing. Amazing nearby. The real history of the Internet, you need to touch it at least once - you can download the legend absolutely free on the official website of the messenger.

ICQ through the efforts of Mail.ru is experiencing a rebirth. New versions are regularly released for it, which bring various functions and remove the old flaws. Of course, the main focus is on user reviews. Now let's figure it out how to update icq while keeping your personal information.

Procedure

If you are not using the latest version of the application, then various kinds of problems will occur more often in its work (freezes, lack of desired functions etc). Therefore, the developer recommends installing updates regularly. They usually load automatically. But if this is not the case, then the actions will have to be done manually.

Mobile devices

On iPhones and Android phones, receiving latest versions applications are executed through software stores ( App Store and Google Play respectively). So the user needs to go to the ICQ page and tap on update option.

Computers and laptops

As a rule, you do not need to update ICQ on a computer in the case of Windows. The fact is that initially the program should do it itself. But alas, this is not always the case. In such situations, you must perform the procedure manually.

The user is required to uninstall and then install the program on their own. In this case, personal data will not be lost, but you will have to re-authorize in your profile. And now let's analyze the procedure in detail:

But with Mac OS, everything is easier. In this case, ICQ will automatically download through the App Store along with other programs. So worry about the owners of PCs and laptops on this operating system not worth it.