Shoutbox

Hey, I've got a spyware program!

Mnjul edit: Please do not swear or you may be banned.

this isn't a bug at all, you accepted the sponsor program, which means it installs it to internet explorer, its your fault you accepted it... just uninstall plus, then reinstall, when you get to this screen.



choose 'I refuse, do not install the sponsor program', it will still install plus..

BTW, it's not spyware, it's just an optional sponsor program.

Check How to uninstall ad-ware/sponsor for more information.

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Originally posted by traxor
you accepted the sponsor program, which means it installs it to internet explorer...

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how many people accept it without looking at it.. normally because for instalation of some kind of program,they must agree with the agreement text...

I think the "I refuse" should be on default..

Nothing is checked by default there... The only thing I don't like, is that it looks like a license agreement so it confuses people easily. "I accept" and "I refuse" should be removed...

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Originally posted by lopardo
Nothing is checked by default there... The only thing I don't like, is that it looks like a license agreement so it confuses people easily. "I accept" and "I refuse" should be removed...

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I agree, patchou should have a popup come up so it stays for thirty seconds, and says

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Originally posted by my amazing popup


THIS NEXT BOX IS AN AGREEMENT FOR A SPONSOR PROGRAM, IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO INSTALL IT, SIMPLY PRESS I REFUSE, DO NOT INSTALL THE SPONSOR PROGRAM, AND THE INSTALLATION WILL STILL CONTINUE

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or something like, this is a sponsor program, install so i can get money, then look on http://shoutbox.menthix.net and make one more thread that will annoy everybody, don't press the search button, cause that will help you, and you want to take the hard annoying way for others ¬_¬

I strongly disagree.

The sponsor program has been put in the program to help Patchou make some money. Many people now don't complain and install it anyway - really, not even one complain a day is very good for hundreds of thousands of installs a month. Making the default option not installing would be like saying "Well, this is here to help Patchou, but why would you do that? Just click Next without reading it at all" - and that is not what we want at all.

Traxor, your idea will scare users off, and that's not what should happen. Besides, we should not be encouraging them not reading agreements. If you need to sign a contract, you read it first. If you install a computer program, you should also read it first. Otherwise, you are the one who has to accept the consequences.

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Originally posted by Tochjo
Traxor, your idea will scare users off, and that's not what should happen. Besides, we should not be encouraging them not reading agreements. If you need to sign a contract, you read it first. If you install a computer program, you should also read it first. Otherwise, you are the one who has to accept the consequences.

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really

* user27089 isn't being sarcastic...

well yeah, maybe what I said is stupid, I got carried away, i'm excited.... not in the dirty way ....

Well yeah, just leave it as it is, it amuses me how people don't read anything at all, and are just click happy, thinking they're all good cause they can press the mouse button 600 times per minute.. yeah patch, make money... i can do maths...

2p per sponsor program...
30 days in a month...
1.000.000 downloads a month
around 2/3 accept the sponsor program..
umm... 666,666 people accept it...
1,333,332p a month....

£133,333.02 a month.... thats scary...

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Originally posted by traxor
2p per sponsor program...
30 days in a month...
1.000.000 downloads a month
around 2/3 accept the sponsor program..
umm... 666,666 people accept it...
1,333,332p a month....

£133,333.02 a month.... thats scary...

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imagine the number when 3.10 will be out...

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Originally posted by Millenium_edition

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Originally posted by traxor
2p per sponsor program...
30 days in a month...
1.000.000 downloads a month
around 2/3 accept the sponsor program..
umm... 666,666 people accept it...
1,333,332p a month....

£133,333.02 a month.... thats scary...

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imagine the number when 3.10 will be out...

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* user27089 imagines msn messenger