Messager Plus update

rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 1:54 pm

here is what happened i logged on the internet got connected. as soon as i got connected messager plus's update program said there was an update.

i did not even get the browser up or to a web site before it poped up..

so i updated the msg plus program. took forever it seemed like, but i just think that is because i am on dial up?

when the program was updated it broght up the browser and took me to a page saying it was a safe download and to reboot the computer.

i closed that browswer and clicked disconnect then i turned to the side here and looked at the phone cable while i unpluged that. ( i am one to make sure it is disconnected ) i looked back at the desktop and found 5 icons on the desktop for games i did not put there. reading the names they all were for online gaming. i checked the url's for the shortcut and they all went to the my search dot com site. then to a casinio site.

i deleted the short cuts and ran ad aware it found 5 to 10 new files or reg keys. that it said was spyware. then it found 140 to 143 new broswer hijacking attemps. all at the same time. every one on the report had the same creation date.

and it was just after i updated messager plus?

i am at a loss as to know what it was? since it happened like it did there is in my mind no other thing it could be.

so i am asking what do any of you think of it did the same thing happen to you if so what did you find out caused it was it messager plus? or is there a hidden trojan that came in on the same connection when i connected to the messager plus server?

as the only web site was one from messager plus, or is there a hacker out there that has spoofed the messager plus server?

i need to know so i can get rid of any hidden files i have not already got rid of.

thanks.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 4:37 pm

Get rid of msn plus, it's spyware! I installed it once and it wiped a whole bunch of stuff off my system including all my emails, bookmarks etc... Updating it will do the same.

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 9:47 pm

Sounds like you already had a spy cookie on there directing you to load more spyware.

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rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Sat May 01, 2004 3:50 am

i dont know wren it might have been something hideing in the computer but it did it when i updated the program so i thought it was that?

red it was not msn plus..

it was messager plus an add on program for msn messager.

i took it out anyway.

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Sat May 01, 2004 12:24 pm

Try this free program...works great for keeping spyware from loading.

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

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rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Sun May 02, 2004 9:15 am

thanks wren i keep fogetting how to get that to that.

but found out the program msn messager plus is sponsered and it will in an automaitc update add spyware files and shortcuts on your computer. if you do a custom set up it gives you the choice of adding them or not adding them.

i still am not going to put it back in my computer i took it out that bridge is burnt.

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