<s>
DeadAIM	B-Protocol
(	O
originally	O
De-Ad	O
AIM	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
program	O
created	O
by	O
James	O
Dennis	O
to	O
add	O
new	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
tabbed	O
conversations	O
(	O
which	O
ended	O
up	O
being	O
available	O
in	O
standard	O
AIM	O
until	O
its	O
shutdown	O
)	O
and	O
to	O
disable	O
the	O
advertising	O
in	O
AOL	B-Protocol
Instant	I-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
(	O
AIM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
release	O
of	O
DeadAIM	B-Protocol
was	O
version	O
4.5	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-2003	O
,	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
DeadAIM	B-Protocol
were	O
sold	O
to	O
America	O
Online	O
effectively	O
ending	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JDennis	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
modify	O
the	O
framework	O
of	O
AIM	O
with	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
API	B-Application
hooking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DeadAIM	B-Protocol
used	O
an	O
OCM	O
file	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
a	O
DLL	O
,	O
to	O
load	O
into	O
AIM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allowed	O
him	O
to	O
add	O
several	O
features	O
more	O
easily	O
and	O
also	O
allowed	O
him	O
to	O
create	O
DeadAIMRegIn	O
,	O
an	O
official	O
AOL	O
bot	B-Protocol
,	O
to	O
confirm	O
registration	O
information	O
and	O
prevent	O
software	O
piracy	O
.	O
</s>
