Messenger + Removal problems

Re: my love/hate relationship w/ msmsgs.exe

My problem is the Messenge Plus! 2
I have tried to uninstall it via Add/Remove in the control
panel but it gives me this error message:

"Messenger Plus has NOT been uninstalled from your computer.
Please try again later."

Start/Programs does not show that Messenger Plus is even
installed, however, windows explorer does reveal it being in a folder
inside the Programs folder.

I tried to do the uninstall via Safe Mode and got the same error
message.

Yesterday, I uninstalled MSN messenger and was left with the remains
of msmsgs in start up, even though I had it disabled in
the registry and start up folder so I then ran the instructions:

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove


This did get rid of msmsgs but did it effect the ability
to uninstall Messenger Plus?

I am wondering if this is why I now cannot uninstall Messenger Plus! 2

I've also used the Ad-aware Add On utitily to disable Messenger Plus! 2
but I would like to uninstall it and have it permanently gone. I have
never used it, will never use it, and don't know how it even got onto
my computer since I never downloaded it. No one used my computer but me so
I wonder if it arrived via a Windows update or something? Anyway, your help
to uninstall this thing would be much appreciated.

 

Hi BunnyGirl, I have split your post into this new thread as it was not a PortExplorer support issue and will receive better attention here.

Thanks. Pilli

 

maybe that won't be enough to solve your problem, but here is the site of an mvps, about Messenger Plus: http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/43.html#removal

there are removal instructions, you should have a look

 

I downloaded the uninstaller from lop.com but Norton
flagged it as unsafe so I let Norton delete it.

From within Windows Explorer,I opened up the folder
containing Messenger Plus2 and saw
2 dll files in there. One was named MsgPlusH.dll
and the other RichEdHock.dll. I ran a system search to see if these
dll files existed inside windows or anywhere else on my system,
but nothing came up. Because The Start/Program showed no listing
for Messenger 2, I decided to manually empty the folder and sent
the folder contents and then the folder to the recycle bin. I
also emptied the recycle bin!

I Rebooted my computer, ran the registry cleaner, junk file
cleanup, Norton anti-virus, Ad-aware, Spybot, & got a clean
bill of health.
I rebooted my computer and everything seems to be running fine,
no error messages.
I opened the Add/Remove program and tried uninstalling Messenger
again.
This time, I got a message saying it was not to be found
anywhere on my system and then it asked if I wanted it
removed from the Add/Remove Program listing?
I clicked yes.

I know this is an unorthodoxed way of removal and really shouldn't be
done, but I couldn't find any reference to it anywhere on my computer
except for the folder it resided in so I took a chance. Even though
it appeared in the Add/Remove program listing, it seemed like it
had never been installed ....never used, never showed up in
the system tray, no listing of it in the start/program menu.
Every system search I did for references of it came up empty. It's been a week and things seem to be running fine...so far.


The thought of re-installing a newer version of Messenger
and then trying to uninstall it gave me goose bumps as I
wondered what type of problems that might create.

Things seem to running fine so far, and messenger is gone, gone, gone.
I'll post again if something else appears as a result of my actions.........

 

yes, unhortodox .
To check if everything is gone, MS antispyware could help, as it detects it, if you're running xp ( http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx )

...but the best would be to have advice from a spyware helper

 

i would check and post in the messenger plus forums to http://msghelp.net/.

 

investigation into Messenger Plus and here too

 

Thanks so much everyone for your input and informative links. I really appreciate it. Since I last posted, I installed and ran, SpyBlaster, CWShredder and posted my Hijack This log, ran adaware, and Norton anti-virus and they all gave me a clean bill of health. I also ran the Panda remote anti-virus scan, and also received a clean bill of health from them. Things are running fine now, and there doesn't seem to be any remnants of Messenger Plus left.

One thing though...when I submitted my Hijack This log, it did flag the PowerRegSchedulerV2.exe in my start up folder. I have since fixed that and it is gone too.

I could not have done any of this without the knowledge that you all freely share in these forums. I thank you all so very much.