Thanks for the input CookieRevised....
Lavasoft Ad-watch monitors certain registery sections for any changes and notifies the user when an attempt to alter the registery is made.
This is a excellent tool in resisting a wide range of adware, malware and trojans. If the change is legitimate then you can accept the change to the registery (for example when installing new software). If the change is unexpected or otherwise suspect you can choose to block the change to the registery.
I don't think there is anything dodgy about this.
The fact remains that WITHOUT Messenger Plus! there is NO problem...i.e. no attempted changes to the registery by MSN Messenger, no pop-ups from Ad-watch after startup/reboot.
After installing Messenger Plus this problem manifested itself. Messenger Plus must somhow change MSN Messenger in such a way that it is forced to add itself in the Registery again every time the PC is rebooted. Why is this Registery string being "modified" after every re-boot? After a complete and succesful installation and after running a new program the first time I would not expect this.
After uninstalling Messenger Plus! the problem is no longer present.
I prefer to have MSN Messenger start automatically when I start windows. I have always had it set this way and never had this problem before. Switching this setting off does not really solve the problem...only makes it go away
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I realise the registery change in itsself is harmless....it is just annoying having the warning window pop-up every time I start my PC.
I like what I have seen of Messenger Plus and would very much like to use this excellent addition to MSN messenger. Any other ideas or suggestions would be most welcome.
Thor
