AOL now supports Microsoft's Winsock.dll in release 3.0 and later of America Online for Windows. Cyber Snoop is designed to work with Microsoft's Winsock.dll supplied with Cyber Snoop and standard on the Windows platform.
Using Microsoft's Winsock will allow you to run your favorite Windows 9x, NT, 2000 and XP Internet applications like Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer or MIRC Chat while being connected to America Online. These Winsock compatible applications will by monitored by Cyber Snoop.
Please note that Cyber Snoop does not monitor AOL's internal e-mail and chat applications. These applications do not use Microsoft's Winsock or follow the standard Internet POP-3/SMTP mail protocol or the IRC chat protocol. Cyber Snoop does monitor AOL's IM as a stand alone application, AOL's Web-Mail, and Web Browsing through AOL. The next release of Cyber Snoop will contain features that enable the monitoring of AOL's internal communications.
Winsock is nothing more than a small file (WINSOCK.DLL) that lets you run third-party Internet applications such as Netscape and Real Audio over your AOL connection.
You can download Winsock applications from many places on AOL. All applications available directly from AOL have been tested with AOL's Winsock.
- On AOL, from Winsock Central (keyword: Winsock), click on Software Library.
- On AOL, from the Telnet Center (keyword: Telnet), click on Net Clients.
- On the Internet, use Stroud's List, a comprehensive list of Winsock applications, at the following Web site: http://www.enterprise.net/cwsapps/. Many of these Winsock applications have NOT been tested with AOL's Winsock.
- Commercial Winsock applications are available at the vendors' Web sites. For example, to download Real Audio, go to Real Audio's Web site at http://www.realaudio.com/.
With Winsock installed, simply log onto America Online. You will be ready to run a broad range of third-party Internet applications. Learning to use a third-party application is like learning any program--you must install the program, run it (in this case while logged onto AOL), and learn what the program does and how to get around.
You can use more than one third-party application at the same time. You can also browse the World Wide Web using more than one browser at the same time (for example, AOL's browser and Netscape's).
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