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MS Antispyware reported plus as spyware? by Sikandar Hayat on 04-09-2005 at 04:17 AM
Hi,
Today I installed MS Antispyware (beta) and after scanning got report that due to Messenger Plus some spyware are installed on your machine. Well by default the setting was Ignore but when I used Removed my Messenger Plus stopped working. A screen shot is attached.
RE: MS Antispyware reported plus as spyware? by Caboose on 04-09-2005 at 04:20 AM
This has been known for quite some time now; MS AntiSpyware wrongly detects Messenger Plus! as spyware (actually, an adware bundler). If you chose not to install the sponsor during MsgPlus! installation, it has not been on your machine. Just set it to "Ignore" in MS AntiSpyware.
RE: MS Antispyware reported plus as spyware? by .Roy on 04-09-2005 at 07:49 AM
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Originally posted by Sikandar Hayat
Hi,
Today I installed MS Antispyware (beta) and after scanning got report that due to Messenger Plus some spyware are installed on your machine. Well by default the setting was Ignore but when I used Removed my Messenger Plus stopped working. A screen shot is attached.
like Caboose said. The only spyware in msg plus is the sponser WHICH IS OPTIONAL. But from the screenshot that u posted it wasnt the sponsor. So it is just the program that rongly detects it. You shouldnt be worried
edit: Look here http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=42100
RE: MS Antispyware reported plus as spyware? by Sikandar Hayat on 04-12-2005 at 04:06 PM
Well nice to have your response else I was thinking that this may be due to monoply approach by Oracle so stopping such a nice software. But anyway MS should remove such checks. This is my point of veiw.
RE: MS Antispyware reported plus as spyware? by user27089 on 04-12-2005 at 04:09 PM
The request wouldn't be really taken, as Giant are the suppliers of the definitions, and in many programs, Lop/c2media is noticed as bad adware, therefore, it will recognize this as an adware bundler...
It won't recognize the intensity of the adware but... it's just something that Patchou and all of the members have to put up with...
RE: MS Antispyware reported plus as spyware? by Patchou on 04-12-2005 at 05:52 PM
If, you too, you think that MS is makign a mistake with their Anti-Spyware program,please email them about it, that's the only way things will change. Thank you 
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RE: MS Antispyware reported plus as spyware? by Sikandar Hayat on 04-14-2005 at 09:28 AM
Pl read "monoply approach by Microsoft" instead of "monoply approach by Oracle".
Even I think there is no need to have check like this as for a test I removed what MS claimed harmful while Messenger Plus will work as per my thinking but...................I had to reinstall and immediately uninstalled MSspyware from my pc.