CATWatch01

History
In response to various hackers, programmers, users of Proggies (such as Fate X) and piraters, America Online (AOL) developed a CATWatch01. CATWatch01 was an automated bot which would monitor chat rooms known to conduct activities that violated AOL's Terms of Service (TOS). Such rooms were private rooms and included names such as MM (Mass Mail), Warez, Zeraw (Warez backwards), etc. CATWatch01 would record the names of all users who entered such rooms and would temporarily disconnect the violator from AOL. When the violator was brought back to the sign in screen where they were informed that they had been found in an illegal room known to violate the TOS and were receiving a warning to stop. The violators were also informed that repeat offense would result in a Termination of Service. Emails were sent to all accounts that were paid for under the same credit card. This was done because the majority of these users found in violation by CATWatch01 were high school and middle school students whose parents were unaware of what they were doing.

The Name
CATWatch stands for Community Action Team Watch. The 01 was the most commonly described account, but designated that perhaps, there were other bots such as 02, 03, etc which existed to carry out the same function as 01.

Main Menu

See Also

Main Menu