I just got the update they put out a few days ago, and now for some reason my aol instant messanger wont stay connected, it keeps signing me off and then on until aol says that i've tried to sign on too many times and it blocks me out for an hour or something. It worked fine until the latest update which is 6.5.722.000. Anyone have any ideas why its doing this?

you're probably infected with a worm.
Using instant messangers is an open invitation to viri.
Same with P2P software as well.
You might be interested in reading about the poor service AOL provides as well.

i dont use aol service, just the aol instant messanger, but im scanning for viruses right now so i'll see what that leads to