i am now getting loads of things appearing on my desk top and things in my favourites which i cant delte, if anyone knows how to get rid of them, please contact me on ....... kimt@telkomsa.net          thank you

You installed the Messenger Plus Sponsor program (at least that would be my guess)

Check out this thread for removal instructions.
http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=21598

Go here

http://www.plussounds.net/Other/Sponser%20Removal.wmv

It's a guide i made for people like you

i'm also having a problem removing the sponsor and the guide isn't helping me. i clumbsily installed the sponsor on a msgplus! update. i followed the said procediure, but when i got to the last step...

"The sponsor screen is now displayed (if you don't see it, search for it in your Task Bar). To prove that someone is currently reading the screen, you have to type the code that is displayed. See screenshot below for an example. Once you enter the code, press Uninstall."

... no "sponsor screen" was showed. so i clicked change/remove again and it said something like "Note:Msgplus! detects that you do not have the sponsor installed" but after looking back on IE and onto the desktops, it still persists. after rebooting, it still remained. so i went back to the Add/Remove programs window. and decided for uninstalling msg altogether and reinstalling it without the sponsor. so i uninstalled msgplus, and to my horror the sponsor remains! so i was wondering if there are any seperate removal tools? or any manual ways i could remove it?

I'm currently without msgplus! but WITH the sponsor!

Make sure you have internet explorer fully closed before trying to uninstall.
Also try re-installing with the sponsor, then uninstalling it again.
If the sponsor still remains, and plus doesnt detect it in the uninstall dialog then it is likly that you dont have the sponsor installed.

yeah i was planning on doing that, i'll just hope that i don't end up with two ununinstallable instances of the sponsor lol.

This will work for sure as long as the adware is coming from the Plus! sponsor

- Download the latest Messenger Plus! from http://www.msgplus.net and install it. Even if you already had the latest version, this is important in case the sponsor uninstaller was damaged by any anti spyware tools.
- Install Messenger Plus! with the sponsor.
- Reboot your PC.
- Un-install the sponsor, use instruction here
- Reboot PC again.
- You could now install Plus! without sponsor if you wish.

You should try running:
http://lop.com/new_uninstall.exe

Time.

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Originally posted by Time
You should try running:
http://lop.com/new_uninstall.exe

Time.

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Originally posted by PenguinBoy
AVG sais that file has a trojan horse in it...

k i'm gonna reinstall... again

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hmmm, well after avg deleting it the first time, it won't let me download it a seccond.
so i'm just gonna take MenthiX's guide...
still dno whether or not to uninstall my current msg plus 1st of all or not. i think so... so i am.

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Originally posted by PenguinBoy
i'm also having a problem removing the sponsor and the guide isn't helping me. i clumbsily installed the sponsor on a msgplus! update. i followed the said procediure, but when i got to the last step...

"The sponsor screen is now displayed (if you don't see it, search for it in your Task Bar). To prove that someone is currently reading the screen, you have to type the code that is displayed. See screenshot below for an example. Once you enter the code, press Uninstall."

... no "sponsor screen" was showed. so i clicked change/remove again and it said something like "Note:Msgplus! detects that you do not have the sponsor installed" but after looking back on IE and onto the desktops, it still persists.

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Originally posted by PenguinBoy
so i went back to the Add/Remove programs window. and decided for uninstalling msg altogether and reinstalling it without the sponsor. so i uninstalled msgplus, and to my horror the sponsor remains!

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ok, this time the sponsor screen still didn't appear, but it uninstalled anyway strange. i don't know what just happened but i'm sponsor free and content

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Originally posted by PenguinBoy
but OH NO, i did say that i had successfully managed to get rid of the sponsor.  I can now tell you that it has suddenly reappeared! this is super annoying! It has just suddenly come back, i've got no idea how

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Originally posted by PenguinBoy
i mean, the plugins and stuff were acting a bit wierdly after i somehow got rid of the virus and i kept getting "messenger plus needs to repair"

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Originally posted by PenguinBoy
I badly need to get rid of this ASS of a sponsor GRR.

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k i'm gonna reinstall... again
should i uninstally msgplus! first?

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The sponsor screen is now displayed (if you don't see it, search for it in your Task Bar)

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1. Make sure your computer is absolutely virus free!
   
2. Close AVG completely, as it is very destructive and wont allow some programs to run decently if you didn't set it up properly
   
3. Redownload Messenger Plus! from http://www.msgplus.net/
   
4. Reinstall Messenger Plus! WITH the sponsor (no this is not a typo, the sponsor needs to be reinstalled to fix the uninstaller)
   
5. Go to "add/remove programs" and search for "Messenger Plus!". Click on "Remove" or "Uninstall".
   
6. Check the option "Uninstall the sponsor program only"
   
7. The sponsor screen is now displayed (if you don't see it, search for it in your windows task bar and/or minimize every other window which you aren't using). To prove that someone is currently reading the screen, you have to type the code that is displayed. See screenshot below for an example. Once you enter the code, press "Uninstall" and confirm the next messagebox with "yes".
   
   
8. Now wait till Messenger Plus! says it is finished and wait till the sponsor uninstall says it is finished.
   
9. Close every open MSIE window (but do not attempt to use Task Manager to kill "iexplore.exe" processes!).
   
10. Reboot your computer.

That's why i recommend in my video guide to not use scanners as it will create damage instead of fixing your computer. Look how hard it is when you use a scanner of some sort.

soz bout calling it a virus, i meant adware, twas an easy accident to make. (even if annoying, sowi)

and i had already read the removal instructions. but this computer has been messing arround.

it wasn't in my task bar! nor anywhere else(i did look)!

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Nothing has been uninstalled!

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Originally posted by MenthiX
in case the sponsor uninstaller was damaged by any anti spyware tools.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised

    quoteriginally posted by PenguinBoy
    k i'm gonna reinstall... again
    should i uninstally msgplus! first?

No, you should follow the instructions given in this thread and in:
http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=21598

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Originally posted by PenguinBoy
thanks for the help though monseur cookie.

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