Asking the LJ Braintrust: AIM problems

[damont]

When I logged into AIM this afternoon, my previously existing buddy list was gone, and there was a new category called "orphans" that had a half dozen or so "buddies" in it that all appear to be spammers. Does anyone have any idea what may have happened? The AIM website is unhelpful.

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Re: Really wish I could help....

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

Simply deleting the orphans group and restarting Pidgin did not restore the previous buddy list. It appears that the only thing that can be done at this point is to recreate the buddy list manually (which would have to be done if I deleted and restarted the AIM account as well).