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Remove DownloadPlus

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About DownloadPlus

DownloadPlus, also known as MessageCenter refered by itself, is a process run at Windows startup. It creates pop-up ads in your machine. Many of the advertisements are porn-related, while some of them are weather reports . DownloadPlus/MCInst is an ActiveX installer control for the main DownloadPlus program. The code for the MCInst variant is derived from the Xupiter/Sqwire parasite; it is suspected the same people may be behind DownloadPlus as Xupiter. DownloadPlus can silently download and execute arbitrary unsigned code from its controlling server, as a self-updating feature.

How to Remove DownloadPlus? 

1. Click Start > Programs > Startup, right-click 'Download Plus' and select 'Delete'.
2. Restart the computer,
   Delete DownloadPlus.exe which can be found in the Application Data folder. (On Windows 95/98/Me, the Application Data folder can be found inside the Windows folder; on Windows NT it is inside your user 'Profiles' folder in the Windows folder; on Windows 2000 and XP it is inside your user Documents and Settings folder.)
3. If you have the MCInst loader, open Downloaded Program Files (which is in the Windows folder), right-click 'Loader class' and choose 'Remove'.
   
4. Open registry editor (Click Start > Run, type regedit),find and delete the following key:
   
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\0x7A69

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