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Originally posted by carolinadrew
the bundled adware does not get uninstalled when you uninstall Messenger Plus
Did you reboot after uninstalling?
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Originally posted by carolinadrew
Also, the installation of a Trojan from within a network will not necessarily trigger a firewall alert as stated. The firewall is predominately used to control outside connections.
If you configure well your firewall, it'll notify you all the suspicious connections and will report all the connections that any trojan on your PC makes.
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Originally posted by carolinadrew
I realize that Patchou may not understand the depth of this ad software but since his program installed it,
his program??? didn't you choose to install the sponsor?
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Originally posted by carolinadrew
he should accept some of the responsiblity for not being thorough about what his sponsor programs install.
You
did accept to install a program (sponsor), so you should have read the license and should have agreed it. So it is not Patchou's responsiblity but yours.
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Originally posted by carolinadrew
We have decided to completely remove Messenger Plus from all systems here as a result of these problems.
Why? If you want to use Plus!, use it. If you don't like the sponsor, just don't install it, as you can use Plus! without it.
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Originally posted by carolinadrew
Its the most irresponsible thing I've ever seen done with a piece of free software.
It would be irresponsible if Plus! didn't warn you the fact that it was going to install a sponsor. But Plus! did. It showed a window asking you to install the sponsor or not and
you agreed even if you didn't read and didn't want to.
Don't put the blame on Patchou and his sotfware. Sorry, it's your fault, not Patchou's.
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