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Originally posted by CookieRevised
If you actually research and find out yourself, you will see that the setup of Messenger Plus! isn't detected by AVG. It is only when you've installed Messenger Plus! (and thus everything is "extracted") that AVG will give a warning about one of the sponsor files. (and if I may add: a warning which only the free scanner AVG gives. All other virusscanners do not detect it! Why? Because the warning from AVG is a false warning and is not correct; there is no trojan in the sponsor program)
Vet Antivirus, also known as Etrust by Computer Associates detected the Sponsor Program as a trojan on my system
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/virus.aspx?ID=14461
I have also seen reports that Trend Micro does the same.
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/defa...me=TROJ_SWIZZOR.AZ
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
why should people disconnect? There is no internet activity at all when you uninstall Plus! or it's sponsor. This line is of no use what-so-ever and is confusing and wrong information.
I have done some further testing.
Twice I have installed Messenger Plus! and the Sponsor Program and rebooted.
Twice I have uninstalled Messenger Plus! and the Sponsor Program after rebooting.
Twice, after running uninstall, with MSN Messenger shut down during the entire process, my firewall has warned me that:
'Messenger Plus!' from your computer wants to connect to 64.62.180.101, port 80
A whois check of 64.62.180.101 reveals...
Hurricane Electric HURRICANE-4 (NET-64-62-128-0-1)
64.62.128.0 - 64.62.255.255
C2 Media Ltd HURRICANE-CE1076-491 (NET-64-62-180-96-1)
64.62.180.96 - 64.62.180.127
What is your explanation for this?
