And if you don't agree with the sponsor being installed, then don't install the sponsor. The setup is very clear in that...
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Originally posted by Yukito
then this whole thing would be resolved
Unfortunatly, it won't. The sponsor is needed for Plus! to keep surviving. Patchou works 24/7 on Plus!; it is his full time job. If there is no sponsor, there will be no Plus! anymore. Also don't underestimate the amount of money it takes to keep Plus! running; the dedicated high-volume servers, sound servers, these forums, etc, etc aren't for free either. Unfortunatly we live in a world where services needs to be payed, either by advertising or either by cash....
C2Media has very different kind of sponsor packages, all in a different degree of advertising. And as absorbation has said the sponsor included in the installer is a special stripped down dedicated build for Messenger Plus!. It doesn't "damage" your computer as some other
(and not-optional) sponsor packages in other softwares.
Another sponsor would also not solve this as it will also be (rightfully) classified as adware and people still would complain.
All this said, the problem would still not be solved if there wasn't any sponsor at all. The picture is much bigger...
MSAS detects wrong files and removes files it shouldn't be removing, and thus crippling the computers of the users. It is a bug in MSAS which needs to be fixed. MSAS is known for this kind of things, and wrong detections, false alerts, etc have already been accured for other software titles (heck, even websites).
MSAS is a professional product and trusted (unfortunatly in many case blindfolly) by many people. It should fix this kind of bugs if they want to keep their status as "a good anti-adware/spyware product". Misinforming their users, keeping them in the dark and corrupting uninstallers behind their backs isn't what such a product should do, regardless if there is a sponsor in Plus! or not.
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