I've always loved using Messenger Plus and all its features but, i found out when i turned my comp on i had SPYWARE...I used the lastest version of mircosoft spyware detection and found out Messenger Plus had a trojan and spyware programs along with it. I uninstalled and tried many wyas to elimate the virus and soon  found out 5 of my friends got the same trojan. I have a feelling something is going on here with the msg plus group.

All right, let's not get into a debate..  here's a link to a thread on how to delete the spyware..

http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=21598

Also, remember to take a look at the msghelp.net forus, by reading here :

http://shoutbox.menthix.net/rules.html

( read the, DO NOT DOUBLE POST part ) there's an edit button for a reason

My friend from halo online told me to install Messenger Plus wiith out the sponser cause it puts in alot of adware ( spyware whatever ) so i never did but got my trojan..

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Originally posted by (MeX).Banks
My friend from halo online told me to install Messenger Plus wiith out the sponser cause it puts in alot of adware ( spyware whatever ) so i never did but got my trojan..

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Microsoft Antispyware will detect Messenger Plus! as spyware/adware even if you installed it without the sponsor, rest assured that it is a false detection.

It could also be that you have caught it from another place, as the web. But it is a 100% sure it didn't come from Msg Plus! if you did not accept to instal the sponsor program.

Sometimes my comp does weird things and sometimes it opens folders without my clicking on it...im sure its a trojan..and yes i used micro anti-spyware

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Originally posted by (MeX).Banks
Sometimes my comp does weird things and sometimes it opens folders without my clicking on it...im sure its a trojan..and yes i used micro anti-spyware

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The adware installed by Messenger Plus! is not a trojan but an adware, there is no way that even with it, what you describe could happen.

The MS Anti-Spyware program detects Plus! as a "software bundler", not a spyware. If you didn't install the sponsor during install, then you got nothing else but Plus!.

I got 6 detections on anti spyware from Messenger Plus ... 4 adware and detected it harmless and 2 .. 1 a worm and the 2nd some trojan program...at the moment iim using my other comp which is really crappy....

The worm and trojan have nothing to do with Plus. And why is an anti-spyware program detecting viruses? Do a scan with an actual virus scanner, which should be able to properly identify any viruses and remove them.

I can't do an real virus scan since my comp is stuffed and my comp dectected the worm but anti spyware did detect the trojan.

I'm sorry, but anti-spyware programs cannot detect trojans: they don't know what to look for. And if your computer is stuffed, it sounds like you have far more to worry about than a piece of adware you didn't even install.

It just doesn't happen...as soon as i installed msgplus it gave me all the adware then 10 mins after programs where opening up... and restarting...i dont think i got a trojan from somewhere after 10 mins hwen getting alot of adware....i dont think it should have adware at all

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Originally posted by (MeX).Banks
My friend from halo online told me to install Messenger Plus wiith out the sponser cause it puts in alot of adware ( spyware whatever ) so i never did

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Okay, lets straighten this out.

@ RaceProUK: Microsoft AntiSpyware can detect some trojans and viruses but not many, and it doesn't remove them all that well.

@ (MeX).Banks: Even if you chose not to install the sponsor, it will detect the messenger plus file as a software bundler, so its safe to ignore that as long as you know you didnt install the sponsor. - About the other two things, if they dont say Messenger Plus, then they are different. I suggest you remove them immediatly.

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Originally posted by Shawnz
@ RaceProUK: Microsoft AntiSpyware can detect some trojans and viruses but not many, and it doesn't remove them all that well.

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