Shoutbox

Funny Story...Same exact thing is happening to me.

Several weeks ago, I installed Messenger Plus, directly from this fine site...I don't know which mirror, but which ever one it was must have laced the software with malware, trojans, viruses, whatever, it was not good.

I install a lot of software, and a lot of free software at that.  I know that if you do not untick boxes, bad things can and will happen.  So I always make sure I untick boxes when I see a toolbar, and read what I am agreeing to when I install, especially when extra software is requested.

So I go about installing and after install, weirdest thing happened.  Software was not working one bit.  So I try it again, no luck.  So I try to open firefox, and low and behold, the software has this plus network site, and my script blocker is going crazy blocking things (Much like it is on this site, so I will keep everything blocked because, I don't trust a damn thing from this site) and I can barely control my browser without it nearly coming to a halt (I mean my system is pretty nice...AMD Athlon x6 3.2GHz 16GB of RAM...not a bad system) and really, I was angered by this so I did what any person would do...Uninstalled it, went back to original messenger and, guess what, THE WORLD WAS GOOD AGAIN!

Almost good...there was sill a problem.  The problem lied in the fact that messenger plus still managed to install their stupid toolbar software, and their malware, and other crap.  I am usually able to get rid of malicious software with ease being a computer technician, but my full arsenal even had some problems, so I had to use my government powered eraser, to try and get rid of unwanted stuff.  It took me several scans, and several deletes to get rid of it, but I did...in a day, I had things back to normal...Or did I

Today, I registered on this forum to share my experience, as it is back.  I am running more scans, and finding more traces to this problem.  I present to you my findings.

Open Task Manager
>Bchelper.exe (Broswer Companion) It is no good, Kill it immediately.  It can be easily infected causing you grief.

Sadly that is the only trace I have.  I am still trying to get rid of this.  Sadly I wonder if the intent of installing Malicious software, even if you decline is considered legal, because if it were not legal, there would be a lawsuit.

Of course Yuna Software is not going to respond to this because they are the rectums that are the cause of this terrible software incident.  Oh well...Thanks for the help here, As I try to fix this, I will post my progress.