Shoutbox

Spunky, the download was initiated via Plus itself. Not manually downloaded from a website.

I believe Menthix has a good point with his post regarding the update to how the sponsor works and is presented to the user. Specifically this:

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In older versions unchecking 'Install the Messenger Plus! toolbar' would also automatically uncheck the two (sub)options below it. In the new installer 'default search' and 'homepage' are no longer automatically unchecked when you uncheck the 'toolbar' option.

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I'd like to offer a suggestion to prevent this sort of stuff. Include full sponsor uninstall instructions in the Plus installer. Simply an installation screen that says something along the lines of "Thank you for installing the toolbar. If you decided you don't want it, here's how you can remove it and put everything back the way it was".

I don't have a problem with sponsor software - it helps fund projects like Plus. What do have a problem with is when the software is so intrusive and a nightmare to remove. The only way I removed it was to uninstall Firefox because there is no easy way to reset an address bar search provider (i.e. Google).

Put simply, Plus needs to provide more transparency. The fact that this topic now has just under 1,000 views in just a few days shows that there's a lot of people experiencing similar issues. Plus could solve those issues by providing the uninstall information.