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tarqeq,

I'm not accusing you of being an idiot or whatever...

...however, may I stress on the fact that in your post you have not spoken of uninstalling anything via the proper procedure ('add/remove programs') in any way!!! You only said you have manually changed the browser's search settings.

Hence my answer (which is repeating what has been said before) that simply changing the settings is not enough; you first need to uninstall the sponsor programs properly, otherwise the sponsor program will simply change your changes back.

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Originally posted by bfwndtd
I am having the same problem.  I suspect that when I say I unchecked all boxes giving permission to install sponsor programs I will be told that if I had unchecked them, none would have been installed, therefore I did not uncheck them, and if I will go to add/remove programs I can uninstall the sponsored program.  Well I tried to do that, but since I never agreed to install the sponsor, the sponsor was not installed and cannot be uninstalled...so how the heck did this Plus! Network search engine get installed?  I took a screen shot but don't know how to attache it to this post.  the "remove sponsor" button is greyed out and next to it it says, "Messenger Plus! Live is currently installed without the optional sponsor program from Circle Development."

So just what am i supposed to uninstall to get rid of this hijacking search engine?????????

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To attach a file like a screenshot, you click on the "EDIT" button in the right bottom corner of your existing post, or on the "PREVIEW" button beneath the thread for a new post.

In there you'll see a line Attachment and a button called "BROWSE". Click that BROWSE button to select a file from your hard disk.

After that you click on "POST REPLY".

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The grayed out menu item in the uninstaller of Plus! is for the (very) old and long depricted sponsor from CiD. It is not used anymore, but that menu item still exists in the uninstaller for backwards compatibility and because that old sponsor did not have its own uninstaller listed in "add/remove programs". It will only be activated when you have the old CiD sponsor installed (eg: from an old Plus! version for example).

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The currently used sponsors have their own uninstallers listed in the "Add/Remove Programs" list. Which they are depends on what kind of Plus! setup you have used (there are several variations). In various posts in this thread it is explained where you will find the uninstallers for these new sponsors. eg: search in the Add/Remove Programs list for "Browser Companion", "Browser Helper", "Messenger Plus! Smartbar" or "Linkury Smartbar".

For a bit more details see here and here.
Note that you need to close all your browser sessions to uninstall.

After uninstalling you probably also need to manually change your browser search settings back as explained here or here.

If it still fails contact info [at] plusnetwork.com