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Is MP!L safe? by JasonRybka on 05-12-2008 at 06:05 PM
OK, some of you may find my question silly or whatever but I'm being serious.
When I ran some ad-ware software not long ago Messenger Plus came up as a result in the unsafe list, and it said something about MP!L being a security risk or something. I would love to tell you which one of the software's it was but I cannot honestly remember, I think it might have been either 'SpyDoctor' or 'SpyBot - Search and Destroy' ...either way, the results have scared me and I would like some reassurance that MP!L is in fact safe? (like I once thought) ...and any explanations as to why the software picked MP!L up?
RE: Is MP!L safe? by djdannyp on 05-12-2008 at 06:08 PM
Messenger Plus! Live is 100% safe. It's probably getting picked up because it includes an optional sponsor which dispays non-malicious pop-up adverts on the computer, should the user select to install it.
Though to summarise, it's totally safe to use
RE: Is MP!L safe? by blessedguy on 05-12-2008 at 06:46 PM
if you don't install the sponsor, it is totally safe. And, yeah... tons of anti-viruses and anti-spywares give "fake-positives", Windows-defender, for example, used to block plus! install becuase it "though" it was spyware.
In another words... don't worry! If you don't install the sponsor, it will be only fake-positives
RE: Is MP!L safe? by Lou on 05-12-2008 at 06:51 PM
quote:Even if the user does install the sponsor, plus remains perfectly safe. The only difference is there will be ads that show up here and there. This is Patchou's only form of revenue, so I'm sure he wouldn't include something that is not safe.
Originally posted by blessedguy
if you don't install the sponsor, it is totally safe.
RE: Is MP!L safe? by blessedguy on 05-12-2008 at 07:04 PM
quote:So am I. but I wouldn't confirm something I haven't tested myself, only that.
Originally posted by .Lou
I'm sure he wouldn't include something that is not safe.
RE: Is MP!L safe? by JasonRybka on 05-12-2008 at 07:06 PM
Thank you guys, appreciate the feedback 
RE: Is MP!L safe? by CookieRevised on 05-12-2008 at 07:28 PM
quote:ok, but you did the opposite though... You said Plus! is safe if you don't install the sponsor. Which can easly be read that Plus! is not safe if you install the sponsor.... which isn't true...
Originally posted by blessedguy
quote:So am I. but I wouldn't confirm something I haven't tested myself, only that.
Originally posted by .Lou
I'm sure he wouldn't include something that is not safe.
Just a manner of how you say things.
EDIT:
quote:absolutely true and understandable, but still... with issues like this you can't be carefull enough... (also considering that everything what needed to be said was already said in the first reply by djdannyp)...
Originally posted by blessedguy
things can get confused when you speak 2 languages and half. (Brazilian/Iberian Portuguese, English, and half Spanish)
RE: Is MP!L safe? by blessedguy on 05-12-2008 at 07:37 PM
quote:Well...............
Originally posted by CookieRevised
quote:ok, but you did the opposite though... You said Plus! is safe if you don't install the sponsor. Which can easly be read that Plus! is not safe if you install the sponsor.... which isn't true...
Originally posted by blessedguy
quote:So am I. but I wouldn't confirm something I haven't tested myself, only that.
Originally posted by .Lou
I'm sure he wouldn't include something that is not safe.
Just a manner of how you say things.
things can get confused when you speak 2 languages and half. (Brazilian/Iberian Portuguese, English, and half Spanish)