Comments on: Microsoft MVP Award given to Adware Pusher? http://www.securitycadets.com/2006/10/microsoft-mvp-award-given-to-adware-pusher/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:42:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: AndyAtHull http://www.securitycadets.com/2006/10/microsoft-mvp-award-given-to-adware-pusher/comment-page-1/#comment-815 AndyAtHull Sat, 07 Oct 2006 17:39:26 +0000 http://www.securitycadets.com/2006/10/microsoft-mvp-award-given-to-adware-pusher/#comment-815 LOL. I really dread to think when that happens LOL. I really dread to think when that happens

]]> By: milligansghost http://www.securitycadets.com/2006/10/microsoft-mvp-award-given-to-adware-pusher/comment-page-1/#comment-814 milligansghost Sat, 07 Oct 2006 17:29:00 +0000 http://www.securitycadets.com/2006/10/microsoft-mvp-award-given-to-adware-pusher/#comment-814 Again MS shoots its self in the Foot over one of its Services ,Lets wait and see what happens when the Auto Update for Xp Home is Withdrawn... Again MS shoots its self in the Foot over one of its Services ,Lets wait and see what happens when the Auto Update for Xp Home is Withdrawn…

]]> By: AndyAtHull http://www.securitycadets.com/2006/10/microsoft-mvp-award-given-to-adware-pusher/comment-page-1/#comment-812 AndyAtHull Sat, 07 Oct 2006 13:13:08 +0000 http://www.securitycadets.com/2006/10/microsoft-mvp-award-given-to-adware-pusher/#comment-812 I am suprised they never consulted security MVP's. Knowing what the software is about. I am suprised they never consulted security MVP’s. Knowing what the software is about.

]]> By: kaleidoscope eyes http://www.securitycadets.com/2006/10/microsoft-mvp-award-given-to-adware-pusher/comment-page-1/#comment-809 kaleidoscope eyes Sat, 07 Oct 2006 09:14:42 +0000 http://www.securitycadets.com/2006/10/microsoft-mvp-award-given-to-adware-pusher/#comment-809 Thank you I didnt even know what MVP status was all about until you know who told me about it ,I think its very bad then given all the MS forums to do with Unwanted software they should give it to a man with links to one of the Groups they are talking about .... well thats my 2 pence :0) Thank you
I didnt even know what MVP status was all about until you know who told me about it ,I think its very bad then given all the MS forums to do with Unwanted software they should give it to a man with links to one of the Groups they are talking about …. well thats my 2 pence :0)

]]> By: Samantha Savine http://www.securitycadets.com/2006/10/microsoft-mvp-award-given-to-adware-pusher/comment-page-1/#comment-804 Samantha Savine Fri, 06 Oct 2006 17:45:51 +0000 http://www.securitycadets.com/2006/10/microsoft-mvp-award-given-to-adware-pusher/#comment-804 I was interested in Messenger Plus! when it first came out. I had used this program for a long time, upgrading each time MSN upgraded. 'Patchou' was/is a friendly guy, I certainly didn't see anything 'sinister' in his using bundled Adware with his program, all he told us was he needed to support his skills buy getting a little revenue in. Maybe there are better ways of doing this, maybe he should sell Messenger Plus! rather than bundle Adware. The warnings on the installation are fairly clear, they even remind you to uncheck the box in the Messenger Plus! forums and on other Messenger related sites, if you are going to install his software. I can see why he has been named as a MS MVP, he is certainly clever in what he does. Maybe if people could persuade him to gather his revenue in another, less harmful, way, he would be truly deserving of the title, MVP. Maybe it's because I have always been aware of what he packages with Messenger Plus! and was always telling people to uncheck the box, that I think he does deserve this accolade in some ways. Of course, I cannot condone the installtion of any sort of Adware/Spyware, but at least he lets you opt out of 'supporting' him, it's not installed without warning or in some mysterious or nasty way, without you knowing! Ok that's my two pennies worth on the subject, lol I was interested in Messenger Plus! when it first came out. I had used this program for a long time, upgrading each time MSN upgraded. ‘Patchou’ was/is a friendly guy, I certainly didn’t see anything ’sinister’ in his using bundled Adware with his program, all he told us was he needed to support his skills buy getting a little revenue in.

Maybe there are better ways of doing this, maybe he should sell Messenger Plus! rather than bundle Adware. The warnings on the installation are fairly clear, they even remind you to uncheck the box in the Messenger Plus! forums and on other Messenger related sites, if you are going to install his software.

I can see why he has been named as a MS MVP, he is certainly clever in what he does. Maybe if people could persuade him to gather his revenue in another, less harmful, way, he would be truly deserving of the title, MVP.

Maybe it’s because I have always been aware of what he packages with Messenger Plus! and was always telling people to uncheck the box, that I think he does deserve this accolade in some ways. Of course, I cannot condone the installtion of any sort of Adware/Spyware, but at least he lets you opt out of ’supporting’ him, it’s not installed without warning or in some mysterious or nasty way, without you knowing!

Ok that’s my two pennies worth on the subject, lol

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