Shoutbox

No, I'm sorry.

This reeks of malware.

I was asked to update msn messenger plus

I downloaded and installed it, unticking *all* boxes.

Despite this, I got the community smart bar. I immediately disabled/ removed it.

A day or so later, my browser crashed suddenly, and when I restarted it, the smartbar came back. Smart, heh.

I disabled and removed it again. Yesterday, my home page suddenly changed. I reset it. Today, my searches suddenly started being redirected via Plus Network rather than Google. no restarts, no browser restarts.  Both IE and Chrome were hit, but Opera appears safe.
I found this site (ironically via their search results) and went and removed the community bar from my program files. This hasn't reset all my home pages / search engines so I am doing so manually.

If I see any further hints of it after removing / resetting every trace of it I can find, I will report it as malware wherever I can find it, as it refuses to go away. I'm very, very saddened to find this happen, and it's deeply shaken my trust in MSN Messenger Plus!.

Edit;
I j ust found that "Browser Companion 1.1" was also installed on 14/12. Uninstalled, as I figure that's probably causing some of the problems.