Shoutbox

--quote Guido
So, what's all this harmful thingy all we 10 million people don't know about or have suffered from?--


When you install and agree to the spyware, the web browser IE is solidly hijacked to mysearchnow.com.

Using the uninstall which Patchou insists works, in fact leaves the browser hijacked to mysearchnow, which continually attempts to reassert itself as the home page, requiring manual intervention to remove.


--Quote Patchou
If your home page is changed back automatically, it proibably means that you have some other adware program installed
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Nope,  only the stuff you bundle.

Additionally, instantly Plus was installed, Comet Cursor (well know spyware) attempted to install itself on my system - the start of the 'cascade effect' which quickly overcomes systems once they are exposed to this sort of hijacking.


-- quote Patchou
Of course the adware is harmless, and yes, as a developer, I can affirm it. There's nothing wrong about advertisement popuips and a search bar (yes, a search bar IS handy).
[snip]
I just reinstalled the sponsor package and I don't see anything wrong on the main page of the search engine. Could you give more information about your problem?
--

The first 5 items on the hijack page (mysearchnow) are:
Online Casino
Online Dating
Diet Pills
Web Hosting
Weight Loss

and goes on later....

Viagra


Patchou thinks this is suitable and harmless content for kids?


--Quote Guido
Plus! is free. Err... the sponsor (again, adware) is optional. Err... I don't see any price tag.
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Yeah?


--Quote EvilSeph (on Patchou)
...and by including a sponsor, he can continue to distribute Messenger Plus! to the public for free.--


Therefore the price for development is ad bundling, as I said.

--Quote Guido
[edit] I'm not mod, I'm not developer, and I'm not a fool.
--


There's no-one so blind as the guy who doesn't want to see.

Later

SK