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RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?!
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Originally posted by Spy Killer
"There's no-one so blind as the guy who doesn't want to see."

Is a juxta-phrase of an old Irish saying, meaning  ....
That's an irish saying? I've heard it all over the world in different languages, I don't think you can be sure it started somewhere :P

I (myself) installed and uninstalled and I had no problems with anything keeping hijacking the homepage, you just have to change it manually of course, but it doesn't change back.

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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.
That's, again, and I agree, annoying -- but not harmful or irreversible.

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you don't have to look far to find all those people who AREN'T happy with their hijackings.
...which have came here and told how to uninstall it and why it was installed (because they chose to) and solved the problem (except those blinds that don't want to see that you mention).

quote:
--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.
A price that only those who want can pay. Which turns it into a non-existent price tag. Yeah?

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No, I make a living undoing virus and spyware damage, not uninstalling programs.
And since there's no virus or spyware being bundled with Plus...
quote:
Originally posted by Spy Killer
I do beg your pardon, but if you read my mail, the 'stupid' comment was a quote from someone else 
Sorry to interrupt, but I beg you pardon:

"don't let any moderator or developer fool you into thinking that this stuff is fluffy cuddly and nice".

Acording to an English-English dictionary, fool:
idiot, dummy; clown; court jester
which are synonims of stupid.

How's that for fact-checking?



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Originally posted by Spy Killer
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
Now I agree on that. Thanks for the heads up. I don't know what can be done about it, but certainly something should...
05-29-2004 10:56 PM
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what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by themeaty on 05-26-2004 at 05:18 AM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by themeaty on 05-26-2004 at 05:42 AM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by Patchou on 05-26-2004 at 05:58 AM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by themeaty on 05-26-2004 at 06:24 AM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by Patchou on 05-26-2004 at 06:53 AM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by themeaty on 05-26-2004 at 07:15 AM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by frankiedaman on 05-26-2004 at 08:57 PM
RE: RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by themeaty on 05-27-2004 at 04:52 AM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by user27089 on 05-26-2004 at 08:59 PM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by Tochjo on 05-26-2004 at 09:04 PM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by Rouge8 on 05-27-2004 at 01:29 AM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by RebelSean on 05-27-2004 at 02:31 AM
RE: RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by [DEFiANT] on 05-27-2004 at 02:10 PM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by RebelSean on 05-27-2004 at 02:16 PM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by gregpakes on 05-28-2004 at 07:19 AM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by Weyzza on 05-28-2004 at 07:25 AM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by Qatanqo on 05-28-2004 at 11:11 AM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by Qatanqo on 05-28-2004 at 11:20 AM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by Fraisie on 05-28-2004 at 01:02 PM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by Qatanqo on 05-28-2004 at 01:10 PM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by RebelSean on 05-28-2004 at 02:19 PM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by [DEFiANT] on 05-29-2004 at 01:11 AM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by EvilSeph on 05-29-2004 at 01:26 AM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by Spy Killer on 05-29-2004 at 02:48 AM
RE: RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by Guido on 05-29-2004 at 04:51 AM
RE: RE: RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by wolf89 on 05-29-2004 at 01:00 PM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by Fraisie on 05-29-2004 at 03:40 AM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by Phrive on 05-29-2004 at 10:08 AM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by Spy Killer on 05-29-2004 at 12:16 PM
RE: RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by CookieRevised on 05-29-2004 at 01:30 PM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by Spy Killer on 05-29-2004 at 09:20 PM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by Guido on 05-29-2004 at 10:56 PM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by Spy Killer on 05-29-2004 at 11:36 PM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by Patchou on 05-30-2004 at 12:31 AM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by sparkymcg on 06-01-2004 at 10:15 PM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by Patchou on 06-01-2004 at 10:26 PM
RE: what is this!?!?!?!?!?! - by ^Snog on 06-02-2004 at 01:24 AM


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