AOL Instant Messenger Login Problem

Hi guys and gals,

So I've been having a problem for quite some time now and I was hoping someone might have experienced the same problem and can tell me just how to fix it...

So I've been using iChat for years with my AIM password and login and have never had a problem. Just recently, someone hacked in to my account and started spamming people from my account. Because of this I had to change my password. When I entered the new password into iChat, it gave me the following error:

*AOL Instant Messenger Login*
iChat was unable to login to the AOL Instant
Messenger service because your screen name or
password was incorrect.

I know the password is correct and the account works if I sign in with AIM; however, I hate AIM and want to use the account with iChat. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling iChat. I've also tried deleting my account and recreating it with the new password but that didn't work either.

Has anyone experienced this before or does anyone know how I can get iChat to work again? Thank you so much!