i downloaded and installed messenger 7 and foolishly accepted the ads.

i cant uninstall the thing. i have tried to use the sticky in this forum but messenger plus 3 dosent show in the add/remove programs list

     please please please help me as i have tried always to do this to no avail and am considering smashing my head against the wall via my monitor

thx in advance.

Messenger 7 doesn't contain adware or a sponsor...are you talking about MSN Messenger or Messenger Plus?

yeah sorry.

its the new beta patch for messenger plus

Uninstall Plus! DO NOT USE ANY FORM OF SPYWARE REMOVEAL TOOLS

ok i'm sorted now thanx for the help.

if you have got something like spybot, hat removed some of the adware files, youll have to uninstall plus, reinstall WITH the sponsor/adware,  uninstall, and then reinstall WITHOUT the sponsor/adware making sure the prog that damaged the sponsor is not running when you reinstalll that first time

And what if I can't uninstall messenger plus! at all? I tried just reinstallin it over itself but I still can't uninstall it and no matter if I choose to get the sponsor or not, it just stays there. How should I uninstall it in that case? I don't mind if this method just gets rid of messenger plus!, I can reinstall it later (btw i'm using the beta version)

Is it on your add/remove programs list?

nope... I tried to fix it with ad-aware not knowing what it was and now it's causing me problems...

ad-aware is the last thing you needed to do. Re-install Plus! with the sponser then un-install.

To answer this I shall quote myself...

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Originally posted by Timoi
I tried just reinstalling it over itself but I still can't uninstall (it still isn't in the add/remoce programs section) it and no matter if I choose to get the sponsor or not (I tried multiple times both ways), it (the sponsor) just stays there.

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Don't use any other programs such as ad-aware on the sponsor. If the reinstall plus! method isn't working use this : http://lop.com/new_uninstall.exe I am sure this will get rid of it. If you have used it once and it didn't do the job a second try wouldn't hurt.

Also you can watch Traxors uninstalltion video if by any chance you did something wrong when trying to uninstall it. http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=34...d=338607#pid338607

The video isn't working...

Sorry this is down I forgot kaonet was shutting down.

I'll make a quick one now.

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Here it is : http://ax19.killercarrot.co.uk/Sponsor%20removal%20vid.wmv

Nice video... but Messenger Plus! 3 is not in the add/remove progam list (I use Windows ME mabe that has something to do with it?)

Edit

I just noticed the site you use. Weird I once had killercarrot.co.uk as my home page. It was put there by some form of spyware or adware for all I know...

I suggest Searching your hard disk for uninstall programs.

I found many but none in the Messenger Plus! 3 folder....

usually there are some in your windows folder and subfolders, check there

Note: You must uninstall with the account you installed Messenger Plus! (I think)
So login to the account Messenger Plus! was installed and see if it is in that list of Add/Remove programs

no worry mike2, I only have one account on this computer (windows ME didn't work well with more than one anyways)

I'll look there fergy. Thanks

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nope, nothing there (concerning plus!) either

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If someone read what I just deleted never mind, my mistake I found out what was wrong.

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Anyone has anymore suggestions?

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Getting this fixed would be a nice christmas present if you see what I mean