Removing / Preventing Patchou's Messenger Plus! IM add-on

[iz justme]

Is there a safe way to remove "Patchou's Messenger Plus! IM add-on" from
appx. 1000 Windows workstations in a networked, enterprise environment?

What steps can be taken to prevent futre installations of this dangerous,
third-party IM add-on>
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Thank you !

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

What's dangerous about it? If the user installed the sponsor program, which is completely
optional, then they will get the adware -- otherwise they won't.

The installer in Add/Remove will get rid of it, it's different based on version but you can
get the exact uninstall string by looking in the registry at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
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All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
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"iz justme" > wrote in message
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> Is there a safe way to remove "Patchou's Messenger Plus! IM add-on" from
> appx. 1000 Windows workstations in a networked, enterprise environment?
>
> What steps can be taken to prevent futre installations of this dangerous,
> third-party IM add-on>
> --
> Thank you !
>
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