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Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition!
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RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition!
I'm not trying to be rude or anything, Cookie, but i fixed some spelling and grammar in the petition. :) Now where do I sign?

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Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta now treats Messenger Plus! as a moderate level spyware threat and asks you to block it from your computer everytime Plus! is running and not only during an AntiSpyware scan.

But, everybody should know that Messenger Plus! itself IS NOT SPYWARE...

It is ONLY the installer which could potentially install ADWARE if the user CHOOSES to do so. Users are clearly asked if they want to install the optional sponsor program or not, while they install Plus!.

Of course, you can refuse to install the optional adware sponsor and install Messenger Plus! without it. The Messenger Plus! program itself (msgplus.exe) or its DLL's do NOT install anything related to spyware nor adware and they are no threat at all to any computer.

Also, you should be conscious of the fact that the creator of Messenger Plus!, Patchou, and his program don't need bad publicity like this! Messenger Plus! is a great addon for MSN Messenger!

With Pathou's own words: "If they were detecting the setup, I could concede that a threat exists, as the user still has the choice to install the sponsor or not. But they are detecting msgplus.exe which does not harm your computer in any way".

To make things even worse for end-users, those who trust Microsoft AntiSpyware and let it "remove" Messenger Plus! are in fact stuck with the actual sponsor program, if they chose to install it.

Thus, by signing this petition, you agree that Microsoft AntiSpyware badly judge Messenger Plus! and you want Microsoft AnitiSpyware to remove Messenger Plus! from there spywares list or at least let it detect only the installer!
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Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by sk8michael on 08-15-2005 at 12:15 AM
RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by mwe99 on 08-15-2005 at 12:16 AM
RE: RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by sk8michael on 08-15-2005 at 12:25 AM
RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by ipab on 08-15-2005 at 12:30 AM
RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by CookieRevised on 08-15-2005 at 01:09 AM
RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by Guido on 08-15-2005 at 01:17 AM
RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by MC Inferno on 08-15-2005 at 02:11 AM
RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by lawdka0z on 08-15-2005 at 04:38 AM
RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by NiteMare on 08-15-2005 at 04:40 AM
RE: RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by lawdka0z on 08-15-2005 at 04:43 AM
RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by John Anderton on 08-15-2005 at 04:52 AM
RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by John on 08-15-2005 at 08:00 AM
RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by CookieRevised on 08-15-2005 at 01:18 PM
RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by dawgie on 08-15-2005 at 01:34 PM
RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by CookieRevised on 08-15-2005 at 01:58 PM
RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by sk8michael on 08-15-2005 at 02:31 PM
RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by Concord Dawn on 08-15-2005 at 02:41 PM
RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by CookieRevised on 08-15-2005 at 02:49 PM
RE: RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by sk8michael on 08-15-2005 at 03:10 PM
RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by Maku_Enterprises on 08-15-2005 at 04:24 PM
RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by CookieRevised on 08-15-2005 at 04:27 PM
RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by sk8michael on 08-15-2005 at 04:57 PM
RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by jren207 on 08-15-2005 at 06:53 PM
RE: Messenger Plus! is not a spyware... Sign the petition! - by Salem on 08-17-2005 at 01:30 PM


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