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Hi all

There is a thread on this forum about a sponsor program that comes with messenger plus.

I don't have messenger plus but have recently installed windows live messenger and seem to be getting the same problems.

The advice given on how to remove the adware is for when it is installed with messenger plus but I was wondering if anyone knew how to get rid of it when you don't have messenger plus.

The problem I get is that my homepage changes on its own and every now and again, a new window opens up that is coolfreesearch.

I have tried uninstalling windows live messenger but it hasn't worked. Please can someone help?????

This post was edited on 04-27-2007 at 09:35 PM by Johnny55.
04-27-2007 09:16 PM
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RE: coolfreesearch
Can you see the "Messenger Plus! Live & Sponsor" on the Add/Remove programs list? If not, why can't you just install Messenger Plus! again and remove it?
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He didn't mention anything about Messenger Plus!, did he?
Yes, he did -> "I don't have messenger plus...."
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Anyways, Johnny55... have you tryed programs like Ad-Aware, spy-bot... etc???

EDIT: Welcome to the Forum!!!

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RE: coolfreesearch
Homepage changes in your browser and pop ups aren't necessarily caused by an IM client or add-on. I can tell you for sure that Plus! does not use coolfreesearch as sponsor and neither does WLM.

Wich page does it change your homepage to?
Have you installed anything else (programs, add-ons, smiley programs..) right before it happend?
In control panel add/remove programs is there anything listed you don't know what it is (maybe it even says coolfreesearch)?

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He didn't mention anything about Messenger Plus!, did he? So how can this community help you? Please be clear about your problem. And please on a correct subforum.
This community helps out with allsorts and the confusion is understandable. To me the problem is very clear (just not the exact cause). Also if you know wich subforum this thread should be in why don't you report it? Your post is not helping at all.

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The Messenger plus live and sponsor isn't on add remove programs.

I've tried uninstalling live messenger and that doesn't work either.

It may not be through live messenger that it's got on my computer, it's just that I saw something about it on this forum and assumed it would be linked.

Does anyone know of any way to manually delete it as it seems to be slowing me down quite a lot.

Thanks for your quick response too Zach.

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Don't forget the other posts, made by me and other made by Sunshine... ;)

Just roll up a little the page...

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Homepage changes in your browser and pop ups aren't necessarily caused by an IM client or add-on. I can tell you for sure that Plus! does not use coolfreesearch as sponsor and neither does WLM.

shoutbox.menthix.net/basicsearch.php?action=search&uid=33504



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Homepage changes in your browser and pop ups aren't necessarily caused by an IM client or add-on. I can tell you for sure that Plus! does not use coolfreesearch as sponsor and neither does WLM.

shoutbox.menthix.net/basicsearch.php?action=search&uid=33504
There is no proof what that poster had was caused by Plus! sponsor. Have you even ever had Msg Plus! on your current computer? Can you please answer my other questions too?

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RE: coolfreesearch
Hey!!
Searching with Google, I found a message that a site could instal a "bad" software on computer. I click on the link gave by Google and I found some information, including this explanation!!!

So, please, answer Sunshine and take a look on the link I gave you now... ;)

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Don't forget the other posts, made by me and other made by Sunshine... ;)

Just roll up a little the page...

Thanks microway and sunshine too ;-)

Sunshine, to answer your questions:

I've been installing a few things as I formatted my hard drive last week. There's nothing unfamilliar in add/remove programs though.

The homepage resets to: http://www.openarticles.info/ every couple of hours after I change it.

Never had Msg Plus on my pc either. I was lead here by this thread : http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=27393

Microway, Ive tried adaware and spybot and none of these seem to work either. If you read through the thread above, it says the only way to get rid is to uninstall and then reinstall msg plus. As I don't have that, I'm really struggling on how to remove this problem.


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