Shoutbox

Just a point - the big ACCEPT and the long text file looks very much like an EULA agreement - which you should generally accept, and which most people do automatically. So the big ACCEPT may be in a sense even more misleading than previously

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Originally posted by M-Head
I'm glad that someone said that they had accidentally installed the sponsor, it saves a lot of moaning and hassle on both behalves.

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i had the exact same thought.

just download ad-aware 6 and/or spybot which is probably already mentioned in this thread.  Also run live update with norton, norton detects alot of ad's too

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Originally posted by Vilkku

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Originally posted by XxRebelSeanxX
C2media, is that the same thing as c2.lop?? Couse wene I run my ad-aware program it takes about 10 min to go threw c1.lop threw c2.lop....And it is SO hard to get outa my system...

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DO NOT never no time use a spyware remover to get rid of the sponsor. It will harm regristry, delete the uninstaller but still keep the program. If you have done it, there is a thread that some smart user can post here.

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Blah: c2.lop has been on my comp since i downloaded msn messenger, not plus....I have been trying to remove it for a shit load of time but cant..It just KEEPS comin back...Btw: I don't install the sponsor program

Anyone ever think of going to lop.com?  I believe when i got lop i went to their website and went in the faq and you can download a nice uninstaller.http://www.lop.com/help.html
Don't install any of the "plugin" things when their unless you want the lop service.
The uninstaller provided there is attatched (.exe open at your own risk!)

Admin edit: attachment removed (probably a variant of Win32/Agent.ECHONPP trojan)

I accadently installed it on the newest msg plus version having avoided it every other time it did piss me off to say the least but im not complaining..

ugh, few people complain about this because they dont realize the severity of this virus you are spreading with plus, and obviously neither do you.. *sigh*

its not a virus
why would a virus have a remover and their own website

because they want to look legit. most of the computers the virus takes over cant make it to that site before they crash, beleive me i know from experience. ive met this spyware virus before.

dont take this wrong, i love plus, its the little "sponsor" inside it that should be taken away.

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Originally posted by phantom
ugh, few people complain about this because they dont realize the severity of this virus you are spreading with plus, and obviously neither do you.. *sigh*

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it is not a virus, its adware and its optional its not even spyware

optional, but people cant see that. the way the sponsor page has been set up, it looks like it would behave like this:

- install msn plus with the "sponsor"
- dont install anything


and i call it a virus because of the spyware's viral activity. lop has a wonderful way of giving you more then what you see, placing small programs behind you that tell the company anything important about you that you type into your computer... (encrypted, but i know it does send all the urls you visit, which poses a serious threat to hotmail users because you need only the exact address not a password when you want to read someone's email)