Denis W. Veteran Posted December 5, 2009 Veteran Share Posted December 5, 2009 I was chatting with a friend, and had only WLM (with Messenger Plus Live open) and OneNote 2010 open. Suddenly this popped up out of nowhere: Looking at the styling of the toast, it's very likely that it originated from Messenger Plus Live. But how? :blink: Has anyone else received this same toast? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/852260-messenger-plus-live-spam-ihaterogersca/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis W. Veteran Posted December 5, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted December 5, 2009 I took one of the regular toasts that MPL generates and made it overlay this one. The close button matched up, but it was off by a few pixels: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/852260-messenger-plus-live-spam-ihaterogersca/#findComment-591932356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee G. Veteran Posted December 5, 2009 Veteran Share Posted December 5, 2009 Maybe you accidentally installed the optional sponsor program that comes with Messenger Plus! Live. Since I've installed Messenger Plus!, I see popup advertisements, why? There's instructions on how to remove the sponsor program. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/852260-messenger-plus-live-spam-ihaterogersca/#findComment-591932994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis W. Veteran Posted December 5, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted December 5, 2009 I'm pretty sure I did not install the sponsor, and running the MPL uninstaller confirms this. The button to uninstall the sponsor is greyed out. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/852260-messenger-plus-live-spam-ihaterogersca/#findComment-591935192 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nX07 Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 There's a huge thread on this at RedFlagDeals, very odd :s http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/merged-...-pop-up-821977/ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/852260-messenger-plus-live-spam-ihaterogersca/#findComment-591935838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis W. Veteran Posted December 6, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted December 6, 2009 There's a huge thread on this at RedFlagDeals, very odd :shttp://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/merged-...-pop-up-821977/ Thanks for the link :) I also confirmed a sighting of this popup toast with a friend. Glad to know it's not just me. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/852260-messenger-plus-live-spam-ihaterogersca/#findComment-591935960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfak Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 I too, have received this ad as well as a number of friends. We are all using MSN Messenger with Messenger Plus! addon, none of us have the "sponsor" option installed. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/852260-messenger-plus-live-spam-ihaterogersca/#findComment-591936082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
_I am Reptar Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 I got this too! Plus! installed as well. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/852260-messenger-plus-live-spam-ihaterogersca/#findComment-591937526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OOOOOOOO Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Could be a bug in the installer ... I can't see the developer putting this in without authorisation from the user. It's a pretty reputable product I'm sure. Still, I have it installed and I have zero pop ups, and no issues. And I have the very latest version installed just today. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/852260-messenger-plus-live-spam-ihaterogersca/#findComment-591939968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooky560 Veteran Posted December 8, 2009 Veteran Share Posted December 8, 2009 Likewise, no strange toasts here Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/852260-messenger-plus-live-spam-ihaterogersca/#findComment-591944484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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