We won it!

thebigone · **Posted:** September 25th, 2005, 11:19 am

I would like to announce here (because my orginal topic was locked...) that Microsoft Antispyware (later as MSAS) has given up in the fight...

If you dont know anything about it.. please read THIS
topic.

Here's a quote from http://www.msgplus.net

"
The MSAS Petition has been sent - 20/09/2005
In only 4 weeks, you've been more than 400,000 to sign the MSAS petition. This number is simply incredible, especially if you consider that when the petition was closed, tens of thousands of new signatures were still being added every day. In any case, we think that 401,683 signature (final number obtained after excluding invalid/duplicate entries) should be enough to attain our objectives and if it doesn't, more signatures would probably not have been of much help.

The complete listing of signatures, which includes your contact information and comments, has been printed and sent to Microsoft today. The document was formatted with Times New Roman 9pt with borders size at minimum but still achieved to be 10,137 pages long! That's about 110 pounds (50Kg) of written support so thanks again for your help everyone

. Of course, as the petition was sent under all of your names, the results will be made public when and if Microsoft sends us a reply. I sincerely don't want this issue to go any further and I'm counting on Microsoft to realize that it's in the best interest of everyone to solve that detection/removal problem. Keep checking this page (or use the RSS feed) to know what happens next!
"

And here is another (posted later) one:

"
Microsoft AntiSpyware steps back! - 24/09/2005
We have yet to receive an official answer from Microsoft regarding the problems caused by their AntiSpyware product, however, it seems that the petition already filled a lot of its purpose! An update was made to the spyware definition files on September 23rd and the msgplus.exe program is not detected as a threat at run time anymore! (like this: see previous warning) this is a huge success for this whole operation as this problem was the very reason that triggered the need for a petition. This step back from MSAS is proof alone that some parts of Messenger Plus! are indeed flagged incorrectly and that we didn't fight for nothing. You can be sure that the support you gave to Messenger Plus! on so many internet sites and forums, in addition to the petition, is what made this change a reality.

We would like to thank Microsoft for not ignoring what their users had to say about this issue. There are still several problems surrounding the detection and removal of Messenger Plus! and its sponsor program but we hope that we will be able to work on that together as well in the near future.
"

Adbot · **Posted:** September 25th, 2005, 11:19 am

Robbie · **Posted:** September 25th, 2005, 2:14 pm

am i the only one that is SLIGHTLY confused?

Dan · **Posted:** September 25th, 2005, 2:33 pm

Even though my computer never flagged it, hooray!

me mental2 wrote:

am i the only one that is SLIGHTLY confused?

Messenger Plus!, a very popular MSN add-on (I have it, it's great), was flagged incorrectly as SpyWare by Microsoft's AntiSpyware thingy. MSN Plus made a petition which thousands of people signed and sent to Microsoft saying that it was classified as Spyware in error. So it's no longer flagged as dangerous. Yay...

MetalManiac9 · **Posted:** September 25th, 2005, 3:20 pm

we've all owned microsoft!!!

Robbie · **Posted:** September 25th, 2005, 3:55 pm

Dan wrote:

Even though my computer never flagged it, hooray!

me mental2 wrote:

am i the only one that is SLIGHTLY confused?

Messenger Plus!, a very popular MSN add-on (I have it, it's great), was flagged incorrectly as SpyWare by Microsoft's AntiSpyware thingy. MSN Plus made a petition which thousands of people signed and sent to Microsoft saying that it was classified as Spyware in error. So it's no longer flagged as dangerous. Yay...

so you mean...like.....i should re-install it cuz it's not actually spyware? :lol:

Chris · **Posted:** September 25th, 2005, 3:56 pm

Yes, just don't download the sponsor.

Adbot · **Posted:** September 25th, 2005, 3:56 pm

Dave · **Posted:** September 25th, 2005, 9:28 pm

I was going to download it but I have amicrosoft anti spyware and it said it was spyware. Now that it will not tell me that I will get it.

Edit: Microsoft Anti Spyware still didn't want it on my comp. I still downloaded it anyways.

thebigone · **Posted:** October 2nd, 2005, 4:18 am

Quote:

Messenger Plus!, a very popular MSN add-on (I have it, it's great), was flagged incorrectly as SpyWare by Microsoft's AntiSpyware thingy. MSN Plus made a petition which thousands of people signed and sent to Microsoft saying that it was classified as Spyware in error. So it's no longer flagged as dangerous. Yay...

Yep... it is nomore flagged over 10, 000 times a day in thousands of thousands computers all over the world...

Did you know that the Messenger Plus 3.60 has been released? It has a lot of new features for example Tabbed chatting and a option to add a language to your sound packs

Get the new and improved 3.60 HERE!

Next...

Quote:

we've all owned microsoft!!!

Actually... we didn't. They haven't sent a response to Patchou yet... but removing the flagging.. that is half of the victory

Quote:

so you mean...like.....i should re-install it cuz it's not actually spyware?

Yes, you should. There is NO SPYWARE in Msg+!!! It's the sponsor program that has it! (and if you install it, you help to support Msg+! I have it... it's good, not great... Google toolbar's better...) When MSAS reports it... i just click ignore.. it's not SO hard..
--------------
Thanks for supporting Messenger Plus! Have a nice day!
--Thebigone