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Hey about three years ago i heard about msg plus (i really dont know when) and i downloaded it then a couple of days later lots of people said(like my sister and dad) it gave you viruses or stuff like that such as spyware and i was like to my self i couldent have done. Also there were alot of quincedincis like frezzeing then going back to normal comuter trouble so im asking was this true or was it some weird rumors people just started so no one would use plus

It gives you an optional sponsor, it's not spyware.  It's only support message plus, just remember that you have the option of installing it or not when you install msgplus.

The optional sponsor is there to give Patchou, the creator of Plus! some money for all his hard work.

Those rumors are most likely thought up by people who jumped to conclusions and assumed that it installed 'spyware', when really they probably don't even know the difference between spyware and adware.

Poor Messenger Plus ... *gives cookie*

An advice for many users:

Always read the installation screens. If you mindlessly click "next", you'll install anything that can be harmful for your computer.

Here's a screenshot of the sponsor agreement:


As you can see, there is no place for rumors. The installation process of the sponsor won't happen if you refuse.

I actually always read the installing scripts and clicky buttons, I tell you what it takes about an hour to read and understand some of Microsoft's EULA's

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Originally posted by val3006
Hey about three years ago i heard about msg plus (i really dont know when) and i downloaded it then a couple of days later lots of people said(like my sister and dad) it gave you viruses or stuff like that such as spyware and i was like to my self i couldent have done. Also there were alot of quincedincis like frezzeing then going back to normal comuter trouble so im asking was this true or was it some weird rumors people just started so no one would use plus

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i really dont think this person is talking about plus! today.. rather 3 years ago and there were no ads back then

but it could be poor english

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Originally posted by Fukafly
I actually always read the installing scripts and clicky buttons, I tell you what it takes about an hour to read and understand some of Microsoft's EULA's

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You shouldn't really need to read the whole EULA, just read the first couple of lines to see what is being installed and who it's by.

although, it was weird, coz last year when i first installed it i couldnt sign in after a couple of days of having it, and then i uninstalled it and re installed it and it was fine

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Originally posted by Purity
It gives you an optional sponsor, it's not spyware.  It's only support message plus, just remember that you have the option of installing it or not when you install msgplus.

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I i have msg plus but the thing is like Three years ago   msg plus had alot of rummors of skrewing up computer ruining files basicly a bad program (that was the rummor i think) so was this true or not?

Sory about the bad grammer before in the other post