I haven't used AOL in years... but if I remember correctly you can load Internet Explorer up and use that as the browser instead. Just minimise AOL and use that and I think you will get it working.
That'll work (but it won't work if there are
any AOL parental controls in place, because it blocks out using external programs). In fact, in the rare occasions that I have to use AOL, I always use IE for web browsing anyway.