How to choose an alternative for free instant messenger programs

Instant messaging is much faster than other communication methods, and it has being widely used for people’s daily communication. In a long time, we have relied on free instant messenger programs and enjoy the functions and effectiveness. On the other side, there are also having dangers of using a free instant message program.

First, by using the internet connection, you may receive the repetitive spam message due to the misuse of internet facilities when using a free instant messenger. This can be annoyed and frustrated, you even have no clues how to stop receiving the bulk spam message, the only way is block the sender from the contact list, this method seems have little effect since the sender usually have many different IM accounts.

Second, it may bring virus and worms to your computer when you click an unknown link during the chat session, in some case, the unsafe URL can be sent under the name of a known contacts which may lower your guard;

Third, be careful when someone ask for your personal information like credit card number, birthday and any personal data, it may bring pecuniary loss.

Fourth, you need to have enough patience to face with the advertisement which may stay on the instant messenger’s interface.

Fifth, to be a general user of the free and public instant messaging service, did you ever think about how will the history message be managed by the IM service provider? Will they be encrypted? Will they be kept safely on the central server?

So it’s time to choose an alternative for free instant messenger program, if you are a personal user and will only use the instant messaging service with friends and families, you can select an corporate messenger program which offers free license for personal use, like BigAnt corporate messenger, the free license can be got from their website and is valid for life time. Different to public free IM programs, the corporate messengers is totally set up and manage by you, and the configuration requires little computer knowledge. You only need to download the IM programs, install them, the setup will take up less than 10 minutes. For a general user who familiar with free IM programs, there is no learning curve to use a corporate messenger, since they offer the same features, even the menus, interface.