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[Sponsor]MessengerDiscovery alot of adware.. by Xero_Cool on 12-11-2004 at 11:37 PM
http://www.bigblueball.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=16739
No wonder why I kept getting popups and stuff..
Edit: This adware is only when you install the sponsor..right? Well, There sure hell is alot of adware!! 
RE: [Sponsor]MessengerDiscovery alot of adware.. by zaidgs on 12-12-2004 at 01:30 AM
http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=35...d=342531#pid342531
lets see what eckocomplex got to say this time,,,
that time (in the link) his excuse was:
that was just a test: he wants to test adware on his users, to get some money, and who cares if they know or not .....
does anyone want to put a notice on his site, if he was testing.
that was absolutely a lame excuse, and shows real carelessness to users of his software. if he was a decent guy, he would have gave notice "a long time" BEFORE testing, rather than including adware and announcing that "LATER".
i dont have anything agaist eckocomplex, but i would not trust software from him after that incident.
RE: [Sponsor]MessengerDiscovery alot of adware.. by eckocomplex on 12-12-2004 at 02:14 AM
I was running that as a test version for three hours during un-busy periods (I was being ripped off, I just had to make sure). I have fixed the installer to have options, much like Plus!. People are puting words into my mouth in that thread.
http://www.messengerdiscovery.com/forums/index.ph...f5e8c7441d21c3e2b7
Read that, it should answer any questions. If not, PM them to me (or ask here) and I'll post the Q/A there.
Oh by the way, if you saw my bandwidth bill you would understand why actually NEED the sponsor 
(I use about 15GB a day banwidth).
RE: [Sponsor]MessengerDiscovery alot of adware.. by Xero_Cool on 12-12-2004 at 03:02 AM
^ Thanks 
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Also, Fix the sourcecode thingy on your site..The link to download the open source is broken 
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RE: [Sponsor]MessengerDiscovery alot of adware.. by Concord Dawn on 12-12-2004 at 03:06 AM
quote:
Originally posted by eckocomplex
I was running that as a test version for three hours during un-busy periods (I was being ripped off, I just had to make sure). I have fixed the installer to have options, much like Plus!. People are puting words into my mouth in that thread.
http://www.messengerdiscovery.com/forums/index.ph...f5e8c7441d21c3e2b7
Read that, it should answer any questions. If not, PM them to me (or ask here) and I'll post the Q/A there.
Oh by the way, if you saw my bandwidth bill you would understand why actually NEED the sponsor
You, my friend need a better ISP, I blow through 15GB in about a week and I am not a software dev or anything like that. I just like to download stuff, like big games. Still only costs me about $40 (9 mbps too) and my ISP hasn't complained yet.
A sponsor is a good way to go if your spending a lot of time on the program, although you should try and think of ways to make it clear to your users that the program comes with an optional sponsor and give instructions on how to remove it and such. You should also take some notes from Patchou. He's run into trouble with his sponsor program because people can't figure out how to uninstall it, so he created a page and now complaints have died down.
RE: [Sponsor]MessengerDiscovery alot of adware.. by eckocomplex on 12-12-2004 at 03:36 AM
Chaotic_Shield, it's my host that I use all that bandwidth on. I get very cheap deals with the owner as it is . My ISP however is pretty expensive (New Zealand high speed internet is extremely over priced, ask any NZ'er), $80 a month for 2mbit with a 10GB cap (not including $40 phone line fee's).
Xero_Cool, thanks for letting me know. I dread to think how long it has been like that x_x.
RE: [Sponsor]MessengerDiscovery alot of adware.. by Dane on 12-12-2004 at 03:52 AM
Meh, I've been known for selling 250GB Bandwidth for $25 USD
RE: [Sponsor]MessengerDiscovery alot of adware.. by gnownoskcid on 12-12-2004 at 04:13 AM
quote:O.o!!! I only get 5GB for $25 CDN
Originally posted by Dane
Meh, I've been known for selling 250GB Bandwidth for $25 USD
RE: [Sponsor]MessengerDiscovery alot of adware.. by eckocomplex on 12-12-2004 at 04:51 AM
Err guys I think you're going a bit off topic now. Problem solved, I think. A nice mod might like to close this topic now :.
RE: [Sponsor]MessengerDiscovery alot of adware.. by Chrono on 12-12-2004 at 09:17 AM
not really, as u stated:
quote:i think someone else might want to post a question, u never know
Originally posted by eckocomplex
Read that, it should answer any questions. If not, PM them to me (or ask here) and I'll post the Q/A there.