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RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox?
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Originally posted by Sirby
This is why I reinstalled my browser, is to get rid of any trace of Plus network because all the other instructions did not work!

Reinstalling would have no affect as Plus! would surely have continued to change your settings after it was reinstalled, right?

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Originally posted by Sirby
Reformatting is a last resort.

I think Cookie was just demonstrating that you don't need to go to such extreme lengths to remove the software

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Originally posted by Sirby
Some programs come with uninstallers, this one didn't seem to have one.

If a program doesn't have an uninstaller .exe file, Add/Remove Programs is the correct way to uninstall it (In fact, it's the preferred way even if the programs does have an uninstaller

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Originally posted by Sirby
The program rewrites the data that is deleted 8-12 times to overwrite it completely

Such programs are widely available, but are only useful if the data being erased is what is causing the problem. As stated several times, the problem is a couple of settings in Firefox, not with Plus! changing settings (It is not uncommon for Firefox profiles to become corrupt. This would explain why settings were not being saved in the browser)

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Originally posted by Sirby
I Just have a compTIA A+ certification for Hardware and Software

Qualifications mean nothing if you do not know how to do something. I have a many qualifications, yet wouldn't say I know how to create 3D graphics for example.

As I said, this is more likely due to the fact Firefox either was not saving the settings correctly.

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Originally posted by Sirby
(I hear MSN blocks Plus from time to time.  Is this true?)

No, whilst Messenger Plus is not exactly and official add-on/extension, Microsoft for the most part allow it. Patchou (the creator) was even an MVP and worked closely with the Windows Live Messenger Team I understand.

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Originally posted by Sirby
Spybot finds PUPS
Potentials Unwanted Programs (PUPS) are unfortunately how Plus sometimes gets flagged. Plus is not adware, spyware or any other sort of malware (it's freeware). Unfortunately, the sponsor programs sometimes get flagged as unwanted for the very reason they are sponsor programs. Whilst the past sponsor was widely considered to be malware by many antivirus programs, it was in fact a very stripped down version of the sponsor software that followed strict rules. The new sponsor was supposed to alleviate the criticism over the sponsor and be more manageable and also related to the product.

I can't speak for Nathalie, but I haven't seen the sponsor revert settings. I think it all calls for some more testing. Sirby, if you could provide us with the download link to the installer you used like Cookie has mentioned, we could possibly track the issue down. It may be a simple error in the installer and we could then report it on your behalf to be fixed.

I can see how you may think the program is potentially harmful from your point of view, but remember we are long-time users and have had to disprove rumours of malware repeatedly. Thats why some of the things we say may seem a but rude. So send in the installer link and I'll take a look myself first and ask others to do so
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How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by tarqeq on 11-25-2011 at 11:26 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by matty on 11-25-2011 at 01:22 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by tarqeq on 12-12-2011 at 03:28 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by matty on 12-12-2011 at 04:05 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Spunky on 12-12-2011 at 06:45 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by tarqeq on 12-14-2011 at 12:17 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by matty on 12-14-2011 at 01:24 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Shadyrose on 12-15-2011 at 01:22 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Spunky on 12-15-2011 at 02:13 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Anagoogle on 12-15-2011 at 04:43 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by x2zen on 12-15-2011 at 11:10 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Menthix on 12-15-2011 at 12:45 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Reptar on 12-15-2011 at 05:03 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by CookieRevised on 12-16-2011 at 10:12 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Appocomaster on 12-17-2011 at 10:35 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by mike626 on 12-17-2011 at 10:15 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Spunky on 12-17-2011 at 11:13 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Anagoogle on 12-17-2011 at 11:31 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by CookieRevised on 12-18-2011 at 04:11 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Anagoogle on 12-18-2011 at 04:15 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by CookieRevised on 12-18-2011 at 04:20 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Anagoogle on 12-18-2011 at 06:24 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by CookieRevised on 12-18-2011 at 07:51 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Nathalie on 12-19-2011 at 11:16 AM
RE: RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by mystix007 on 12-20-2011 at 01:38 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Anagoogle on 12-20-2011 at 01:42 AM
RE: RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by mystix007 on 12-20-2011 at 02:26 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Anagoogle on 12-20-2011 at 09:33 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine? - by mimic789 on 12-20-2011 at 03:54 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by tarqeq on 12-20-2011 at 04:47 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by CookieRevised on 12-20-2011 at 07:28 PM
RE: RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by tarqeq on 01-07-2012 at 06:02 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Anagoogle on 12-20-2011 at 09:07 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Sirby on 12-26-2011 at 05:08 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Nathalie on 12-26-2011 at 05:09 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Sirby on 12-26-2011 at 08:53 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by CookieRevised on 12-27-2011 at 12:09 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Sirby on 12-27-2011 at 01:48 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Spunky on 12-27-2011 at 04:21 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by CookieRevised on 12-27-2011 at 04:57 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Sirby on 12-27-2011 at 05:40 AM
RE: RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by CookieRevised on 12-27-2011 at 09:50 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Zy0n7 on 12-28-2011 at 06:47 PM
RE: RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Nathalie on 12-29-2011 at 03:26 PM
RE: RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by CookieRevised on 12-31-2011 at 01:04 PM
RE: RE: RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Zy0n7 on 01-02-2012 at 07:20 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by matty on 12-29-2011 at 06:18 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Zy0n7 on 12-29-2011 at 09:51 AM
RE: RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Nathalie on 12-29-2011 at 03:28 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Spunky on 12-29-2011 at 07:53 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Nathalie on 01-01-2012 at 03:39 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by CookieRevised on 01-01-2012 at 07:26 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by CookieRevised on 01-02-2012 at 06:30 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by bfwndtd on 01-07-2012 at 07:11 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Spunky on 01-07-2012 at 09:05 PM
RE: RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by bfwndtd on 01-08-2012 at 03:11 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by CookieRevised on 01-07-2012 at 10:05 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by generalace on 01-25-2012 at 06:51 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by DL84 on 01-29-2012 at 12:51 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by generalace on 02-01-2012 at 10:53 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by QueenArachnia on 02-04-2012 at 04:41 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Nathalie on 02-05-2012 at 09:30 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by QueenArachnia on 02-08-2012 at 03:37 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by matty on 02-08-2012 at 05:54 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Nathalie on 02-08-2012 at 07:07 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by QueenArachnia on 02-12-2012 at 02:16 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by thisguy on 08-16-2012 at 08:35 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Penguinne on 08-18-2012 at 07:23 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by foaly on 08-18-2012 at 08:51 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by dannylovyork on 09-02-2012 at 10:47 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by eriktheviking on 11-03-2012 at 02:38 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Cani Lupine on 01-14-2013 at 07:05 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by CookieRevised on 01-14-2013 at 10:11 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by nephilim123 on 01-30-2013 at 07:59 AM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Nathalie on 01-30-2013 at 03:58 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by CookieRevised on 01-30-2013 at 11:57 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by Teqnine on 02-07-2013 at 04:07 PM
RE: How do I prevent Plus! Network from changing my search engine in FireFox? - by olivex on 03-19-2013 at 10:43 PM


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