Here is a patch to disable auto-update =) Please apply it. Thanks
-- Marco Rodrigues http://Marco.Tondela.org
--- amsn-0.97+final/config.tcl 2007-11-04 15:17:19.000000000 +0000 +++ amsn-0.97+final.new/config.tcl 2008-01-20 23:09:05.000000000 +0000 @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ ::config::setKey rightdelimiter \] ;#Right Timestamps' delimiter ']' by default ::config::setKey default_ns_server "messenger.hotmail.com:1863" ::config::setKey start_ns_server "messenger.hotmail.com:1863" - ::config::setKey activeautoupdate 1 ;#Active the auto update + ::config::setKey activeautoupdate 0 ;#Active the auto update ::config::setKey allowbadwords 1 ;#Disable censure on nicks ::config::setKey enablebanner 1 ;#Show or Hide AMSN Banner (By default Show) ::config::setKey startontray 0 ;#Start amsn on tray icon only (hide contact list)