Shoutbox

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Originally posted by NiteMare

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Originally posted by Patchou
if they don't do something about it, this time, I will.

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hmmm what whould you do?, sue?

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it's a possibility i guess... it would be nice, it would be on television

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Originally posted by Chrono
it's a possibility i guess... it would be nice, it would be on television

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We'll be on TV? If they take a screenshot of the forums, I'll end up in it!

Anyway, I tried MSAS for a couple of hours, a long time ago, and it's just plain dumb. I don't know how people can say it's the best anti-spyware, when SpyBot S&D and others can find more things related to spyware and leave alone the innocent programs.

it would have something to do with the ads that you can optionally install

msgplus has always been detected by ms antispyware but only recently as been made a high risk

its in the news on mess.be

Note that the software has not been made "high risk", it's still considered moderate, they just added code to detect and remove the files everytime they are run, and not only during scans.

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Originally posted by Patchou
I'm going to contact MS about this and if they don't do something about it, this time, I will. This is outrageous.

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What, like removing the adware? Face the facts, your in denial about this, your software is causing problems for people, they dont add these ratings for nothing.

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Originally posted by lawdka0z
What, like removing the adware? Face the facts, your in denial about this, your software is causing problems for people, they dont add these ratings for nothing.

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If I can say, it is causing problems for ppl who do not real any EULAS, it is said in the setup 3 times that there is an OPTIONAL sponsor program that you can choose to install or not, enough discussion about this, people simpy have to read.

Again, I must insist on the facts: removing msgplus.exe WILL NOT remove the sponsor nor the way the sponsor is installed in the first place. It does not serve any purposes whatsoever except maybe "you're a bad boy, we'll remove all your stuff from our user's computers as a result and consider it as a threat, just in case".

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Originally posted by lawdka0z
YES, AND MICROSOFT IS ACTING LIKE A BABYSITTER? WHATS YOUR POINT? M$ ARE DOING THERE JOBS.

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Avoid "yelling" (using all CAPITALS) as it is against the forum rules.

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MSAS (Microsoft Anti-Spyware) should not remove Messenger Plus! nor make it difficult for the user to completely remove the sponsor or other files. This is what we're discussing here. It's not MSAS's job to do this, since MsgPlus! and its sponsor are in no way harmful (I can say this because in the year or so I've been using MsgPlus!, I never had a problem with uninstalling the sponsor or using it).

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Originally posted by Patchou
Again, I must insist on the facts: removing msgplus.exe WILL NOT remove the sponsor nor the way the sponsor is installed in the first place. It does not serve any purposes whatsoever except maybe "you're a bad boy, we'll remove all your stuff from our user's computers as a result and consider it as a threat, just in case".

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Must I make this point again,

IF Microsoft dont tag the whole msgplus package as unsafe, then you could just find a new adware provider and evade the bad rating!

Why should M$ give you that option?

To be honest, perhaps you should remove the bundler...

I know that's how you make money, and thats all fair enough.  But you could maybe add 20 seconds of adverts at the end of the setup (that would reach more people too, since everyone would see them).  Or have adverts on the preference pages, I'm sure there must be other ways.