Hi,

I'm disappointed to discover Virii or Parasits on the Installer of MessengerPlus! 3.0.
In fact, after installed this software, 2 parasits try to put themself to C:\Progra~1\Readme~1 and C:\Progra~1\GRID*

The both parasits try to put themself on the Startup Registry
I blocked that with ViGUARD www.viguard.org and i have removed them myself because No AdAware or Antivirus can detect them.

On the Internet Explorer, the virus or parasit put its codes and if u right click on a toolbar in IE, u see BIANSTRANSTHIS and there is no toolbar or anything else...


I tried to removed that but now, i see a Blank on the right click in the Toolbar can be activated but doesn't do anything.

You opted to install the Messenger Plus Sponsor Program and Thanks for supporting Messenger Plus. If this was not your intent and did not want the optional sponsor program, Please be more diligant in reading the end user agreements when you install software on your computer.

Instructions to properly remove the sponsor program can be found by searching these forums.

Messenger plus is 100% Viri/Parasite free when downloaded from the official download site.

lol, excuse me but if MessengerPlus can remove the Ad of MSN, why does it contain others AD ???
I'm sorry but i hate that method ... I never read the End User agreements because it is always very long to read, i'm lazy about that, anyway, i'll find a solution without have to remove MessengerPlus lol
Thanks.

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Originally posted by PegHorse
lol, excuse me but if MessengerPlus can remove the Ad of MSN, why does it contain others AD ???

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I'm sorry but i hate that method ... I never read the End User agreements because it is always very long to read, i'm lazy about that, anyway, i'll find a solution without have to remove MessengerPlus lol
Thanks.

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Okay thanks, HijackThis has removed my bug

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Originally posted by PegHorse
HijackThis

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I have uninstalled myself the adware of MP, i have some protections who can log me the changes done, i read the log and i cancelled all changes and i removed Hijack with HijackThis, now everythings is OK.
No Adware loaded in Memory, neither on Startup of Registry.

So Fuck Adware lol

I installed the Messenger 3 WITHOUT sponcer support and still get the homepage highjacker.

So you also removed the registry keys manualy?

We all realy suggest you to do what KeyStorm has said (install plus with sponsor to fix the uninstaller and traces, uninstall plus again to completely get rid of everything, after that you can install plus without the sponsor if like).

Plus! uninstalls the adware completely without a fuss. Anti-adware tools will only corrupt the uninstaller and will leave traces, even if you don't see it at first sight...

What uninstalling it completely and reinstalling will remove this stupid homepage highjacker?  Because i did that and still doesn't work.  Do i need to go to regedit and remove it that way?

You need to follow the instructions given by Patchou in this thread:
http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=21598
(and follow the instructions exactly! If it states "close every window of your browser", then you need to close every window of your browser!)

But that is only if you didn't tried to remove it yourself with anti-adware tools, because those will corrupt the uninstaller. So if you did that, you need first to install Plus! again WITH the sponsor to FIX the uninstaller and then follow Patchou's instructions...

maybe the options for the sponsor should be this:
install without sponsor
install with sponsor

instead of putting yes and no at the beginning of each choice, since people never read the choices, only the yes and no part

anyway, you should do as said above, install with the sponsor then remove it the right way to make sure you get rid of it completely

it is installed without sponsers and looks like i may need to reformat my machine

Every considered you may have got the spyware/adware from another source.

It's funny everytime someone relatively new to the boards has a spyware/adware problem it falls into these categories:
1-Didn't read the agreement
2-Blame it on plus when it's from another source
3-Didn't read the agreement

No i checked my PC with Spybot and Adware and nothing

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Originally posted by weirdal27
maybe the options for the sponsor should be this:
install without sponsor
install with sponsor

instead of putting yes and no at the beginning of each choice, since people never read the choices, only the yes and no part

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Originally posted by Vilkku
At least the Swedish version has like that:
YES - Install the sponsor program
NO - Do not install the sponsor program

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Originally posted by serpico
What uninstalling it completely and reinstalling will remove this stupid homepage highjacker?  Because i did that and still doesn't work.  Do i need to go to regedit and remove it that way?

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Originally posted by serpico
No i checked my PC with Spybot and Adware and nothing

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PegHorse, your method will leave traces and is a very bad way of doing things. If you like it that way, then that's fine with us, but don't suggest such things to other people...

if u got cleaners, there is no reason to keeping traces.
THe parasites take only 120 Ko lol

I have to admit, I nearly get caught every time I install MP!.  With EULA's appearing at the start of installations for most programs, it's an automatic action to hit the "I agree" and "Next".  It's very easy to get "caught out" with the Sponsor Program.

Here are a few suggestions:

1.  As someone else suggested, make the options clearer.  Remove "I agree", etc and leave it as "Install Sponsor", etc, or rearrange it to something like "Install Sponsor (I agree....)".
2.  Default to not installing the sponsor.  (This may not be an option for Patchou under his agreement with the sponsor.)
3.  When performing an upgrade and the sponsor was not previously installed, either do not show the option or have it default to not installing the sponsor.  (The user had already chosen not to install the sponsor.)

We don't want MP! to be known as one of those programs that "trick" you into installing spamware.

Actually I installed the sponsor software too while upgrading, knowing it was there, not wanting to, I went on pressing and looking for the option...
Then I eventually realized MP3 was already running and... oops... the firewall....
Fortunately I know the procedure, deinstalled it again right away and then checked the right option.
It's like Derwan said... you get too used to pressing "Yes" and "I am blind"...

I do not see the need to change the text as it is now. It is clear enough if you just at least take the time to read to the end of the line of the two options.

In my opinion, Patchou should not have to encourage your habit of not reading EULAs. Of course, they are really, really long sometimes, and most of it is legal talk, but a quick glance never hurts. I have never read the entire sponsor agreement, but it took me about 10 seconds to decide whether or not I wanted it by skimming the text.

I'd advise you from now on to read what you're installing. I take it you also read contracts in real life before signing them?