Pidgin can't connect to ICQ

[Arne Pelka]

When I try to connect to the ICQ servers the connection gets rejected 
with the message that my version of pidgin is to old and that I have to 
download new version on http://pidgin.im/.
I use the latest Pidgin 2.4.2 and the website is down?!? Is there 
actually a new version and why can't I connect to ICQ? Has this 
something to do with the recent Pidgin MSN File Transfer Filename 
Processing Vulnerability (http://secunia.com/advisories/30881/)?

Thanks in advance!

Best regards,
Arne