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i keep getting messages like this from sum of my contacts:
               (sorry if nefin missin, had to get it from a log)

[04:43:46 PM] Sarah -x- : Your buddy has a new Buddy Icon. Take a
              look! http://buddies.funbuddyicons.com
              @[fwpscript]Icon:none@[/fwpscript]

is there a way to stop this? or a way for ma contact to disable 'icon:none' coz i fink its just buddy icon advertising itself. ma contacts with it have sed they dont want it there either. is there sumfing that can be changed in the registry?

thanks for any replies

its just an addon for messenger that displays mor emoticons

you wont see them unless u hav it, if u dnt hav it, it tells u were to get it

the only way to stop it is to tell her (i presume from the name) to stop using emoticons from smileycentral wen talkin to you

i do and they say they havent sent one i think thats why it shows up Icon:none@.....and the rest of the rubbish

From http://help.funbuddyicons.com/un_install.html

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How do I uninstall Fun Buddy Icons from all my applications?

1) From your computer's Start button, select "Settings", then select "Control Panel"
2) Double-click on the "Add/Remove Programs" icon
3) Select "My Web Search (Fun Buddy Icons)"
4) Click "Remove."

Fun Buddy Icons has now been uninstalled.

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"My Web Search"... lovely

Get your friend to run ad-aware after uninstalling that. If she's that good at installing spyware then I would be surprised if she doesn't have any more..

I think that message gets send with the first sentence a contact sends (if you close convo and contact reopens it happens again too) when they have it installed. I have seen these messages quite a few times too (MSN and Yahoo IM).

thanks a lot, loadsa ma contacts will be pleased wit dis. THANKS!

If you have fun buddy icons installed, It will automatically interpert those messages. Its like a third party display pictures system.

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Originally posted by MoRiA
From http://help.funbuddyicons.com/un_install.html


"My Web Search"... lovely

Get your friend to run ad-aware after uninstalling that. If she's that good at installing spyware then I would be surprised if she doesn't have any more..

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ye I found the Web Search bar rlly niice, but that buddy icon thing sucks though.. ! tahts why i took it all off

isnt there like a registry thing or something like that you code edit or delete so it doenst 'fiddle' with msn messenger

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Originally posted by may73alliance
isnt there like a registry thing or something like that you code edit or delete so it doenst 'fiddle' with msn messenger

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logicly there should.. i dunt even know why they do this i mean i love the product.. befire internet explorer 6 with pop up blocker came in used the pop-up thingy and after that i still usedd the emocotions and the mouse icons.. but my friends always get mad at the msg and i dont rlly like either that so..