<s>
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Live	O
,	O
commonly	O
abbreviated	O
MsgPlus	B-Application
,	O
Plus	O
!,	O
or	O
incorrectly	O
as	O
MSN	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
add-on	B-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
and	O
Skype	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
provides	O
additional	O
functionality	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
client	O
,	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
,	O
by	O
adding	O
its	O
own	O
controls	O
to	O
the	O
main	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
add-on	B-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
2001	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
The	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Extension	O
"	O
for	O
MSN	B-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
and	O
Windows	B-Application
Messenger	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
later	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
"	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
"	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
then	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
client	O
,	O
"	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
the	O
name	O
was	O
changed	O
back	O
to	O
"	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
"	O
</s>
<s>
Volunteers	O
from	O
the	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
generally	O
expands	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
2009	O
(	O
9.0	O
)	O
and	O
2011	O
.	O
Notable	O
features	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
set	O
of	O
text	O
formatting	O
codes	O
similar	O
to	O
BBCode	B-Language
(	O
people	O
who	O
do	O
n't	O
use	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
will	O
still	O
see	O
standard	O
unformatted	O
text	O
with	O
the	O
BBCode	B-Language
still	O
in	O
place	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Running	O
multiple	O
instances	O
of	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
with	O
different	O
accounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Custom	O
sounds	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
sent	O
to	O
other	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
existed	O
in	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
before	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
2011	O
added	O
native	O
support	O
for	O
tabbed	O
chatting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skinning	B-Application
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
without	O
the	O
user	O
having	O
to	O
physically	O
edit	O
the	O
program	O
's	O
resource	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JScript	B-Language
scripting	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
add	O
their	O
own	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
as	O
a	O
hobby	O
next	O
to	O
his	O
day	O
job	O
as	O
a	O
developer	O
,	O
but	O
soon	O
maintaining	O
the	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
Q4	O
of	O
2009	O
Paciullo	O
announced	O
he	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
in	O
full	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
and	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yuna	O
Software	O
has	O
offices	O
in	O
several	O
places	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
and	O
has	O
an	O
office	O
in	O
Montreal	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Kimahri	O
Software	O
,	O
where	O
a	O
development	O
team	O
continued	O
to	O
develop	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
developing	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
August	O
17	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
the	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
website	O
contained	O
a	O
petition	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
anti-spyware	O
division	O
regarding	O
Windows	B-Application
Defender	I-Application
's	O
(	O
known	O
as	O
Microsoft	O
AntiSpyware	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
)	O
detection	O
of	O
the	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
executable	B-Application
as	O
spyware	O
and	O
subsequent	O
warning	O
that	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
petition	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
401,683	O
signatures	O
and	O
was	O
10,137	O
pages	O
long	O
in	O
total	O
,	O
was	O
sent	O
to	O
Redmond	O
on	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
2005	O
stating	O
that	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
23	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
just	O
3	O
days	O
after	O
the	O
petition	O
was	O
mailed	O
to	O
Redmond	O
from	O
Canada	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
new	O
definitions	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
Defender	I-Application
that	O
fixed	O
the	O
false	O
threat	O
detection	O
affecting	O
the	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
executable	B-Application
together	O
with	O
other	O
detection	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recent	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
Defender	I-Application
also	O
stopped	O
detecting	O
the	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
A	O
separate	O
adware	O
uninstallation	B-Application
program	O
was	O
provided	O
by	O
Circle	O
Development	O
Ltd	O
.	O
which	O
appears	O
when	O
users	O
attempt	O
to	O
uninstall	B-Application
the	O
sponsor	O
program	O
of	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
early	O
2010	O
,	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
bundles	O
an	O
optional	O
toolbar	O
,	O
custom	O
search	O
page	O
and	O
custom	O
home	O
page	O
all	O
branded	O
as	O
the	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Links	O
on	O
the	O
old	O
website	O
to	O
earlier	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
versions	O
caused	O
sites	O
such	O
as	O
McAfee	B-Application
SiteAdvisor	I-Application
to	O
warn	O
that	O
the	O
website	O
www.msgpluslive.net	O
was	O
linked	O
with	O
adware	O
Adware-Lop/Swizzor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
SiteAdvisor	B-Application
has	O
tested	O
the	O
current	O
website	O
www.msgplus.net	O
and	O
found	O
downloads	O
to	O
be	O
free	O
of	O
adware	O
,	O
spyware	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
potentially	O
unwanted	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2013	O
Yuna	O
Software	O
released	O
a	O
new	O
installer	O
for	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
that	O
required	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
install	O
at	O
least	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
bundled	O
options	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
install	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
coincide	O
with	O
the	O
newly	O
branded	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
,	O
in	O
2006	O
new	O
versions	O
of	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
were	O
called	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
rebuilt	O
from	O
the	O
ground	O
up	O
and	O
included	O
a	O
new	O
user	O
interface	O
design	O
which	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
blend	O
more	O
with	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
of	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2011	O
versions	O
5.0	O
and	O
later	O
are	O
called	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
5	O
is	O
completely	O
compatible	O
with	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Older	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
(	O
version	O
3.63	O
,	O
before	O
it	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
supports	O
MSN	B-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
and	O
Windows	B-Application
Messenger	I-Application
4.7	O
,	O
5	O
,	O
6	O
and	O
7	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
supports	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
8.0	O
up	O
to	O
14.0	O
(	O
2009	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
for	O
Skype	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
English	O
on	O
January	O
12	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
adware	O
adds	O
video	O
and	O
audio	O
recording	O
capabilities	O
to	O
Skype	B-Application
conversations	O
and	O
lets	O
users	O
send	O
flash	O
animations	O
to	O
other	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
subsequent	O
version	O
,	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
for	O
Skype	B-Application
1.2	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
28	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
which	O
included	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
stream	O
movies	O
and	O
overlay	O
images	O
in	O
video	O
conversations	O
viewable	O
on	O
all	O
Skype-enabled	O
devices	O
including	O
mobile	O
phones	O
and	O
tablets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
about	O
discontinuing	O
its	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
service	O
and	O
integrated	O
custom	O
sounds	O
from	O
the	O
united	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
for	O
Windows	O
Live	O
Messenger/Skype	O
sound	O
archive	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
introduced	O
a	O
new	O
default	O
design	O
for	O
the	O
add-on	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
for	O
Skype	B-Application
is	O
an	O
application	O
for	O
Skype	B-Application
that	O
adds	O
video	O
and	O
audio	O
recording	O
capabilities	O
for	O
Skype	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skype	B-Application
has	O
announced	O
its	O
intention	O
to	O
discontinue	O
the	O
desktop	O
API	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
for	O
Skype	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
that	O
the	O
date	O
which	O
this	O
is	O
to	O
happen	O
(	O
originally	O
in	O
December	O
2013	O
)	O
is	O
now	O
unknown	O
as	O
Skype	B-Application
tries	O
to	O
come	O
up	O
with	O
new	O
methods	O
to	O
support	O
a	O
small	O
subset	O
of	O
the	O
Desktop	O
API	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
currently	O
no	O
information	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Yuna	O
website	O
that	O
mentions	O
the	O
plans	O
to	O
handle	O
the	O
Desktop	O
API	O
being	O
discontinued	O
by	O
Skype	B-Application
at	O
some	O
point	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3.0.0.180	O
of	O
Messenger	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
for	O
Skype	B-Application
was	O
available	O
for	O
automatic	O
download	O
around	O
January	O
15	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
this	O
year	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
"	O
feature	O
"	O
that	O
seem	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
mentioned	O
anywhere	O
:	O
It	O
sends	O
an	O
ad	O
for	O
Messenger	B-Application
plus	I-Application
as	O
a	O
chat	O
message	O
to	O
random	O
contacts	O
.	O
</s>
