Easy Discuss is reporting fatal error

Hi whenever I try to loin to my administrator section , i get these errors
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Warning: require_once(/home/desig706/public_html/components/com_easydiscuss/helpers/helper.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/desig706/public_html/plugins/user/easydiscussprofile/easydiscussprofile.php on line 24

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/desig706/public_html/components/com_easydiscuss/helpers/helper.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/desig706/public_html/plugins/user/easydiscussprofile/easydiscussprofile.php on line 24
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I also get them if i try and comment on an article - i am at a complete loss as to why, as it was working fine, i have backtracked on all my moves but obviously am missing something , the site is running on a hostpapa server - to access cpanel http://xxx -

user" xxx - pass: xxx

any help would be greatly appreciated as im at a standstill