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Messenger Plus! 3 Review
[link=http://www.neowin.net]Neowin[/link] has posted a review of the latest update for Messenger Plus which is due for release later this month.
[blockquote]Messenger Plus! is the most popular add-on for Windows/MSN Messenger, which started as a small add-on for enthusiasts and is now used by millions. There are pages and pages of new improvements in this build, so let's get started! Follow the link below to see Neowin's review of Messenger Plus! 3.
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[link=http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?category=main&id=18757]Check it out[/link]
[blockquote]Messenger Plus! is the most popular add-on for Windows/MSN Messenger, which started as a small add-on for enthusiasts and is now used by millions. There are pages and pages of new improvements in this build, so let's get started! Follow the link below to see Neowin's review of Messenger Plus! 3.
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[link=http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?category=main&id=18757]Check it out[/link]
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Crapware.
Dexter...
What a convenient way to spy on someone else's MSN conversations without their knowledge though...
Dexter...
Are you saying that Messenger Plus! isn't actually loading on the other profiles but is still logging chats? or are you saying it is logging chats as a result of Messenger Plus! loading up on the other profiles when it shouldn't. Because the Messenger client itself, regardless of whether Messenger Plus! is installed or not, has built in logging aswell. At least MSN Messenger does.
If it is a user accounts issue though, hopefully it will be resolved in the next release.
My Chat Logs is not how Messenger saves it's recorded chats, AFAIK. Further, the logging feature was disabled in Messenger.
So, I deleted all 3 of those folders, and uninstalled Messenger Plus, after having done some quick research on it. The My Chat Logs folders never came back.
Now, granted, each of those folders was in each user's "My Documents" folder, but anyone with Admin rights and a little bit of knowledge can access them. I did not know that my son installed this software, it did not appear in my Start Menu, but it automatically started up whenever I started Messenger. It only logged my chats, it did not give me the other Messenger Plus options. That makes me a tad nervous. Anything that is stealthily logging on my computer without my knowledge, if it was not installed by me, it gets deleted.
Perhaps my description of "crapware" was a bit strong, I have not used the app enough to make an objective opinion. I just have a natural tenedency to dislike any program that add's smilies and logs activities Maybe someone who does use the software can point this bug out to their tech staff....nudge-nudge.
Dexter...
Cheers