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bust those adware installers by zaidgs on 12-01-2004 at 05:32 PM
today as i installed messenger discovery 2.6.2 on a newly sp2 windows,
when the setup launched internet explorer to tell me that:
"messenger discovery has been installed successfully", the new internet
explorer add-on manager warned me that the page is trying to install
180search assistant !!!
also, i noticed that this 180search assistant is installed after using
the ce.dp.manager provided by sherv.
if anyone knows more about this subject, please share....
RE: bust those adware installers by user27089 on 12-01-2004 at 05:50 PM
the ce dp stealer has bundled adware in it which isn't optional, but I haven't heard about Messenger Discovery Having it.. For this, I'm sure that using a spyware/adware removal program should do the trick, but try uninstalling both of the programs first.
RE: bust those adware installers by zaidgs on 12-01-2004 at 05:59 PM
luckily, i dont have 180 search assistant installed, cuz i dont use
ce.dp.manager (anymore), and also because the new add-on manager
protected me from messenger discovery downloading that
adware. i just thought to warn other users from them,
and maybe get more info from people who know more than i do.
RE: bust those adware installers by CookieRevised on 12-01-2004 at 06:17 PM
in "Emoinstallers As "Unwanted Programs"" I posted:
quote:To have a CE/DP stealer (from sherv) without adware, take a look at:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
Most popular CE/DP installers come from sherv.net, also programs like "CE/DP Backup Wizard" comes from sherv.net...
All those are not dodgy software, the software itself is decent, but...
all the programs that come from http://www.sherv.net/ have all some kind of adware in them (180solutions related) regardless of what has been said in the past about this...
You can also read about it in the licenses from each program! So you should be warned before installing them. Also the adware is NOT optional....
"CookieRevised's reply to Non-Spyware CE/DP stealer/exporter"
Also, to uninstall 180searchassistent you don't need those anti adware/spyware programs at all. Simply uninstall the assistant from add/remove programs (again, this is the normal logic way of uninstalling a program). Also see: http://www.180searchassistant.com/uninstall.html
RE: bust those adware installers by zaidgs on 12-01-2004 at 06:30 PM
cookie, do u know of a batch emotions adder which is ad\spyware free ??
ps: i didnt say that the exe of meessenger discovery has adware,
but the page that tell u:
"messenger discovery has been successfully installed" does.
RE: bust those adware installers by CookieRevised on 12-01-2004 at 07:47 PM
quote:not without searching one. I don't have link here for one. But I'm sure they exist. Try searching http://www.mess.be/ or http://www.scito.nl/
Originally posted by zaidgs
cookie, do u know of a batch emotions adder which is ad\spyware free ??
RE: bust those adware installers by eckocomplex on 12-02-2004 at 03:22 AM
I appologise for the adware thing, it was only a trial and we will be removing it soon.
RE: bust those adware installers by zaidgs on 12-03-2004 at 02:50 AM
quote:thats fishy, on ur site u explicity claim that u got no adware stuff!
Originally posted by eckocomplex
I appologise for the adware thing, it was only a trial and we will be removing it soon.
"trial" ::veryfishy::
RE: bust those adware installers by eckocomplex on 12-03-2004 at 04:45 AM
That's true. MessengerDiscovery never used to have the adware thing and there was no point in changing the whole site just for a 24 hour trial. Now however MessengerDiscovery includes an optional sponsor so certian texts have been changed 
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