Correcting problems in Kopete, Licq, Pidgin due to "updates" of AOL servers

Connect to the universal "hysteria" not working IM
fixes for alternative clients
Fix for kopete
Go to ~ / .kde / share / config / kopeterc, add this to it:
[ICQVersion]
Build = 0x17AB
ClientId = 0x010A
ClientString = ICQ Client
Country = us
Lang = en
Major = 0x0006
Minor = 0x0000
Other = 0x00007535
Point = 0x0000
Patch for licq ;
Pidgin patch ;

found here and here