Shoutbox

Hello,
I recently downloaded MSG Plus! and used it for a while! After, I downloaded Microsoft AntiSpyware (found on www.microsoft.com)! Anywais, I did NOT donwload the MySearchBar that can be downloaded with MSG Plus! Also, I found that my "Information" is being sent over the internet every time I login!

Here is an image for proof:

Sorry for Bad image quality! Also, if the Spyware were from the MySearchBar, the Spyware would come up as: MySearchBar!

Do NOT download the MSG Plus! software. Spyware and Adware come with this program! Also, if you have already downloaded this program, Remove  it by going in to the Control Panel on your PC, and open Add/Remove Programs! Find MSG Plus! and remove it! After, CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD!

If you cannot see the image, I put it as an attachment also!

Thank you!

In the description, do you see that capitalized word "OPTIONAL" ?

They put OPTIONAL in capitals to make it Sarcastic! I contacted them about that!

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Originally posted by LaRonde20
They put OPTIONAL in capitals to make it Sarcastic! I contacted them about that!

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The sponsor/MySearch bar in Messenger Plus! is optional and you agreed to install it.

Please search the form first before jumping to conclusions. If you looked you would find your answer on removing it here: http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=21598

OMG! In the discription, I even said that I DID NOT install it! I already know that MySearchBar contains Spyware, so I did not install it!

Messenger Plus! however is still listed Microsoft Antispyware even if you did not install the MySearch/sponsor package.

If you don't have the search bars then you are completely safe and no sponsor package or spyware/adware has been installed on your machine with Messenger Plus!.

Patchou, I believe, is in contact with Microsoft so that Messenger Plus! is only really listed of the sponsor package is installed, or even not showing it as Messenger Plus! but directly showing it as MySearch/Lop.

For crying out loud LaRonde20, check the link that Chris Boulton has offered to you.

Second, THERE IS NO CHANCE OF ANYTHING BEING INSTALLED EXCEPT MSGPLUS IF YOU SELECT NO ON THE SPONSOR INSTALL WINDOW. I KNOW BECAUSE I HAVE DONE IT MYSELF!

[Caps lock on for "sarcastic" value]

I am aware of this! Altho, Microsoft has Classified Messenger Plus! as Spyware because it DOES contain Spyware without the Toolbar! I have tested it with: Spybot, Ad-Aware AND Microsoft AntiSpyware. Also, I found out that my information is being sent out over the internet to unkown.

Plus! doesn't install any other spyware/adware other than the toolbar and it only installs that if you allow it to.

I have Plus! installed on all of my machines along with Adaware and Spybot Search and Destroy and none of them detect anything.

If you tell us what they are detecting, and provide screenshots then we can provide you with further help.

Update your definitions!