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Originally posted by TonyKlein
Thanks for the welcome. In our Hijack This - Spyware removal section we do indeed spend an inordinate amount of time just helping people to get rid of that IBIS/LOP toolbar...
I don't say people don't have problems with it in general though. It can be very nasty indeed.
But the toolbar that comes with Messenger Plus! is a very stripped down and special made toolbar/sponsor for Messenger Plus!. It can't be compared to the "normal" things you'll find in other LOP containing programs.
The uninstallation process of the sponsor of Plus! is tested again and again by many people, and each time it never fails to completely remove every trace of it. It is only when people are using programs like ad-aware, S&D, etc. that the sponsor will get corrupted and then the hassle begins. In order to fix this, the user must reinstall Plus! with the sponsor and right-after uninstall it again. And while doing this, no anti-ad/spyware programs must be used...
Also some cause of the problems is that people don't follow the onscreen instruction like entering the validation number, closing every instance of their MSIE or forget to reboot.
Recently we had someone here who complained that the sponsor couldn't be uninstalled and that it was realy a pain in the neck. Afterwards he realized that he had still a process running of ad-aware which time after time tried to block the sponsor, with all the consequences. See
http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=34111
And I like to ask/stress on this again
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the latest version >
each version: since the sponsor was added in v2.10.36 (may 23th 2003), every version of Plus! had the option to opt out on the sponsor install. This has always been so and it was never forced upon the user.
Anyways, thank you for the additions
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