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Why does this Messenger Plus come with so much hotbar shit?
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orli
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O.P. Why does this Messenger Plus come with so much hotbar shit?
ive downloaded it the other week and it came with so many shit stuff like hotbars and spyware my spyware software detected a spyware...

how come?
08-11-2005 09:57 AM
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RE: Why does this Messenger Plus come with so much hotbar shit?
You must have accepted the sponsor by mistake, which is not spyware but adware.

Read Patchou's instructions to remove the sporsor.



Edit: Dodgy Absorbation and his advertising of his thread... :P (jk)

This post was edited on 08-11-2005 at 10:25 AM by L. Coyote.

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08-11-2005 10:01 AM
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RE: Why does this Messenger Plus come with so much hotbar shit?
This is extremly common, I havent installed Plus! in a while, but I have an idea. When you install it a webpage comes up with Plus on, how about if its made a comment where it says something like
'is there a bar on your current internet browser you installed with Plus! by accident, then please click here....' etc
08-11-2005 02:18 PM
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RE: Why does this Messenger Plus come with so much hotbar shit?
We don't want people who install the sponsor by the own accord to be discouraged, there's nothing wrong with the sponsor, I'd use it myself were this my computer and not my family's.
08-11-2005 02:52 PM
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RE: Why does this Messenger Plus come with so much hotbar shit?
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We don't want people who install the sponsor by the own accord to be discouraged, there's nothing wrong with the sponsor, I'd use it myself were this my computer and not my family's.
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08-11-2005 03:53 PM
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RE: Why does this Messenger Plus come with so much hotbar shit?
Most adware removal programs detect Messenger Plus! as spyware/adware regardless if the sponsor has been installed or not, now ask yourself how reliable their services are.

Then I suggest you research on the sponsor, search these forums for posts relating to the sponsor and you'll see you are proven wrong.

Please don't add on to the numerous rumours going around that the sponsor is malicious, it is not, end of.
08-11-2005 04:26 PM
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