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RE: spyware noticed when installing new version of messenger plus!!
This piece of 'spyware' is in fact Adware that was installed during the installation of plus... for removal instructions please go to this website: www.mpsupport.net or this thread: Messenger Plus! Sponsor Removal Instructions

If you want to know about the sponsor program then:

Basically, the sponsor program was added to Messenger Plus! so that Patchou could have an income, as Patchou is working constantly on this Extension to make it grow, and it trully has, so while Patchou is working on this, people are accepting the sponsor software, therefore, patchou is earning a minute income... It is there for Patchou's sake...

It isn't spyware, it is adware from c2media, but with their permission, Patchou has stripped it down to a bare minimum so that people's computers aren't ruined, it is a small sponsor program...

It is completely optional and when you get to:

[Image: mp3_sponsor.png]

that screen, you simply press, I refuse...

This post was edited on 04-05-2005 at 03:59 PM by user27089.
04-05-2005 03:57 PM
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spyware noticed when installing new version of messenger plus!! - by dtsun on 04-05-2005 at 03:50 PM
RE: spyware noticed when installing new version of messenger plus!! - by M73A on 04-05-2005 at 03:52 PM
RE: spyware noticed when installing new version of messenger plus!! - by ProblemWv Authority on 04-05-2005 at 03:54 PM
RE: spyware noticed when installing new version of messenger plus!! - by Zephyr on 04-05-2005 at 03:55 PM
RE: spyware noticed when installing new version of messenger plus!! - by user27089 on 04-05-2005 at 03:57 PM
RE: spyware noticed when installing new version of messenger plus!! - by Sunshine on 04-05-2005 at 03:57 PM
RE: spyware noticed when installing new version of messenger plus!! - by Patchou on 04-05-2005 at 04:58 PM
RE: spyware noticed when installing new version of messenger plus!! - by Dane on 04-06-2005 at 05:04 AM
RE: spyware noticed when installing new version of messenger plus!! - by *Saint* on 04-06-2005 at 05:10 AM
RE: spyware noticed when installing new version of messenger plus!! - by matty on 04-06-2005 at 06:17 AM
RE: spyware noticed when installing new version of messenger plus!! - by dtsun on 04-06-2005 at 07:21 AM
RE: spyware noticed when installing new version of messenger plus!! - by Zephyr on 04-06-2005 at 08:29 AM
RE: spyware noticed when installing new version of messenger plus!! - by dtsun on 04-06-2005 at 09:56 AM


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