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Originally posted by Sam Spade
I think you will find it says the same thing about all adware bundlers.
True, but unlike most adware bundled programs, the adware bundle in Messenger Plus! is completely optional. If other programs have a optional adware bundle then those shouldn't be detected either. What they can do at the most is detect the Plus! installer as possibly harmfull and detect the sponsor itself. But don't detect Messenger Plus! itself as harmfull when it was installed without the sponsor., it just doesn't make sense at all.
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Originally posted by Sam Spade
And let's be honest, your install screens strongly discourage refusal of the sponsor program ("I refuse to support...").
The full line is "I refuse to give my support, install Messenger Plus! without the sponsor". The last part crearly tells you that Messenger Plus! will still be installed, even when you refuse the license. I think "I refuse to give my support..." was also choosen becouse only "I refuse" and "I accept" will confuse people with regular EULA's. Software with a regular EULA like that won't install at all when you refuse. So confused people will just choose accept be default because they think the must. My point is that it's clear very well that Messenger Plus! will still work even when you refuse the spnsor.
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Originally posted by Sam Spade
Therefore, installing the Sponsor Program is hazardous, and by extension the act of offering the Sponsor Program is hazardous.
I think the hazardous is a big word, but i see you point. Like i said before, the Plus! installer could be detected as possibly hazardous. And they are fully right to detect the sponsor. However, when you have installed Messenger Plus! without any bit of the sponsor, it will still be detected as a high risk. This is the part that doesn't make sense. You can't do
anything from within Messenger Plus! to enable the sponsor. The only way is trough the installer. So Plus! in an installed state shouldn't be targeted, just the sponsor itself, if the want the Plus!
installer.
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Originally posted by FrozernFire
like what others said, if this is labelled as security lvl high, you should really see other bundled adware. it's much worst
That's one of the biggest things i don't get Messenger Plus! itself has almost the highest rating it can gey, while it's one of the most harmless adware bundled programs out there.
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