Shoutbox

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Dear Mr Arpijian,

I can completely understatnd why you would want to remove any programs from your website that bundle adware, but I can't see the point in your decision if you remove pieces of software that are widely used containing OPTIONAL adware, this includes the amazing extension for MSN Messenger, "Messenger Plus!", that is created by Patchou.

Messenger Plus! does not tolerate any spyware or un-optional adware, there is a clear choice if you want to adware or not... I know that it is C2Media, and it is apparently "hard" to remove, I have found a lot of times that I have removed it easily. I even have a website called "Messenger Plus! Support" which can be found here: http://www.mpsupport.net.

If you were to use any older version of Messenger Plus! then you would also notice that over the years, the optional sponsor program has changed along with it, definitely improving, this goes from the understanding area, to how to remove and to even the content itself. As Patchou has changed the "Sponsor Agreement" on many occasions, it is now increasingly understandable, and quite obvious that it is optional, and that installing it would install the adware. Patchou has also stripped down the adware, with permission from lop.com, so that it doesn't contain any pornographic material, or malicious content... In the latter version of Messenger Plus!, Patchou has also changed the way that you can uninstall the Optional Sponsor Program, giving you a choice of whether you want to uninstall just the c2media package, or messenger plus! aswell, this includes a folder being placed in C:/Program Files/ called "C2Media", this folder contains the uninstaller... The only way that this sponsor program is made difficult to uninstall, is if Antivirus programs or Adware/Spyware removal programs are installed...

I urge you to reconsider your "policy", which I completely understand, as you are just protecting the computers of those that are recent or new users of this great website, but if the sponsor is optional, which it is in many programs now, then you should just have a warning, but also state that it's optional...

Yours faithfully,

Luke Jones (Traxor)

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http://mpsupport.net
Frequent user of http://shoutbox.menthix.net (Messenger Plus! Community)

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Millenium,

Regardless, we should still try and get them to have programs on there that the adware is optional... Aww well, sent it now anyway



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