ADSAdClient31 download keeps popping up :(

djkav · 17 Apr 2012 at 19:40

Since this afternoon, MSN keeps popping up and asking me to download ADSAdClient31.dll. I can't seem to stop it. I've virus checked. The only thing i have downloaded this afternoon was the Lucid MVP graphics app.

Wossi · 17 Apr 2012 at 22:30

Happened to me, cancelled the download as I had no idea what it was. Haven't downloaded anything new in a while either.

From a quick google, it looks like it's to do with the ads on msn and how they are displayed. A lot of very unhappy people around because of this.

djkav · 17 Apr 2012 at 22:52

I cant stop it

It been happening all nite

every 10 mins, a new pop up to download the blasted DLL. I'm gonna have to shut down Live Messenger to stop it

I think I might have stopped it, hoping so. A-Patch for windows live. Disables all the ads ****

Pho · 17 Apr 2012 at 23:30

Have you tried running A-Patch to nuke the MSN adverts? Might stop that popping up too.

BillHicksRIP · 17 Apr 2012 at 23:58

Happening here too. Very suspect or a terrible way of patching their client.

yashiro · 18 Apr 2012 at 00:18

Move to Trillian or Pidgin.

j6m · 18 Apr 2012 at 01:06

Could it be something to do with MIME?

An executable program should not be executed on the user's computer and at most should cause a dialog to appear asking the user if they wish to download the file.

asim18 · 18 Apr 2012 at 05:28

MSN/Live messenger has been steadily going downhill for several years. I stopped using it years ago, but looks like this will be the final nail in the coffin for anyone who's still using it.

I want to use an instant messenger to converse with other instant messenger users. Not to check the weather, read news, check the latest celeb gossip, look for love, play games, use facebook, update twitter, and all the other bloat they've managed to inject into a once streamlined application.

Number_25 · 18 Apr 2012 at 14:27

Happening to me as well, I can't exactly switch over as I really like the people I talk to on it!

zeegy · 18 Apr 2012 at 14:39

Number_25 said:
Happening to me as well, I can't exactly switch over as I really like the people I talk to on it!

me too, I have ported over to Digsby, with like both pidgin and trillian support msn, aim, ym as well as a few others and am loving it. Digsby allows you to integrate facebook chat too, which is what sold it to me.

KIA · 18 Apr 2012 at 14:41

Pidgin.