MessengerPC

MessengerPC is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PU, which is meant to help users access the Facebook Messenger from their desktops. While the utility works as expected, it is certainly not anything special, considering the side effects its installation might caus especially. The only thing that MessengerPC does is to spawn a new window, which contains an embed version of the Facebook Messenger – it does not attempt to spy on conversations or collect Facebook login details so that it should not be categorized as a harmful application certainly. However, users who install it might not know that MessengerPC is meant t deploy a file called 'Node.js' silently, which contains a few lines of JavaScript whose purpose is to keep an eye on the user's browsing habits and collect tracking data for Google Analytics.

While this does not make MessengerPC an unsafe tool to have, it is important to note that such behavior is considered to be intrusive, and the software behind it should be dealt with to avoid further complications. If you do not wish to use a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) like MessengerPC, then we suggest that you take care of this application's removal with the help of a trustworthy PC security tool.

The publisher of MessengerPC seems to have several variants of this tool that are identical to each other but use alternative names – MessengerWeb and MessengerNow. Both of them also are classified as PUPs, and an up-to-date security utility should be able to take care of their removal.