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It seems that I have something wrong in my brains... I just cant get it removed... Yes I read the instructions... I reboot wait couble of minutes and *pooff* desktop has shortcuts, IE has serachbar and favorites has links...

Got to get my head checked.

Did you read my page about it as well? It's pretty much the same but it re-iterates some points that people often miss accidentally

Most common mistake ppl make when uninstalling the sponsorprogram is they dont have their internetbrowser fully closed (from taskbar an systray also). Next mistake is to run ad/spyware removals before uninstalling...this will criple the uninstaller, so you'll have to reinstall with sponsor first before uninstalling. I don't know wich one it is in your case, but i hope i gave you a clue

us8h3sc,

Welcome to the Messenger Plus! boards. We would be glad to help you to remove the sponsor program, that wouldnt had been installed if you had read properly while installing Messenger Plus!. There are just a few things that I wanted to point out though:

- Patchou has worked a lot with C2Media to get the sponsor program as "clean" as it could be: no porn, just a search bar, links, a start page and favorites added. It won't do any harm to your computer, and once it has been properly uninstalled, it won't come back and it would be as though you never installed it.

- It is easy to uninstall following Patchou's instructions. Maybe there is something you did wrong when uninstalling it... Have you closed all you Internet Explorer windows, even killing the process before uninstalling ? This is the major recurring mistake people make when they want to uninstall.

- Making Messenger Plus! is Patchou's full time job. He works on this thing almost 7 days a week, and has been for a few years (and I can be sure of that, I live with him...). He is very dedicated to making his users happy by bringing them the features they want. However, with all the time he needs to make Messenger Plus! the most popular Messenger add-on, he needed to make some king of money out of it. He tried donations, but it didn't work. He wouldnt want people to go through the hassle of registering and buying a version, since most of his users couldnt afford to buy a software. The only solution left was the sponsor program, which he has decided should be optional. The latest public version of Messenger Plus! has a new "install sponsor" screen during the installation. It makes it very clear that a sponsor program will be installed if you select "yes". As I said, he has worked a lot to get this package as clean as it could be, while still receiving some money out of it. You may think that a lot of people come here to tell us that they don't like the sponsor program, but when you consider that there are 3 millions of dowloads every month and that we get about 6 threads a month regarding it, it is in fact a very small percentage.

We are sorry you won't reinstall Messenger Plus!, even without the sponsor program, and we will do anything we can to help you remove it.

Thank you !

To illustrate the very clear "warnings":



And about the tool/searchbar: it makes it even more clear that it will install a toolbar then in MSN Messenger itself (MSN Messenger also installs a toolbar)!

Well, I know the uninstallation instuctions work, I've had to use them to clean a bunch of my friend's computers. I have uninstalled at least 1 sponsor program per Plus! version, so its YOUR fault that it hasn't uninstalled. You should always try uninstalling programs before using Adaware/Spybot on them.

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Originally posted by us8h3sc
Its funny that nowhere it says how Patchou is linked to C2Media which is generating this email flood about Lop.com

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C2 Media hosts the msgplus.net web site for Patchou because they're his sponsor, and the site uses a very large amount of bandwidth.

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Even Patchou is explaining how to remove the promo software, he even could have developed it....

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Patchou did not develop the sponsor program, but helped to customize it and make it less dodgy than the regular version. He explains how to remove it because he cares about his users.

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More still, If Patchou aka Pacxxxxo, Cxxxl tells that he is located in Canada, why is he listed in SxxxMAR, Fxxxx, United States.

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That address belongs to C2 Media, who host the site.

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What is going on here ?

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You are being paranoid?

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5) It seems Patchou linked to all this...

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Well, obviously he is "linked" to his own software, MsgPlus, and responsible for bundling the optional sponsor program. Because he's a major user of C2's sponsor program, he obviously has some associations with them. Is that such a bad thing?