Anti-Spyware and MSN Messenger

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Mike Hunt

Everytime I go into msconfig and disable ms messenger from
startup, antispyware enables it saying it's not a threat. I
don't use MS Messenger and don't need it to run in the
background. Does anyone know how to fix this?
 
I am not seeing this issue, and I did the following:

1) Open up msconfig
2) Uncheck msmsgs from the startup tab
3) I get a pop-up from MWAS stating the registry change is allowed
4) I restart
5) MS Messenger does not appear
6) I reboot just to make sure
7) Still no MS Messenger

Can you give me the steps which are not working for you?


-steve


Steve Dodson [MSFT]
MCSE, CISSP
PSS Security

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Why not just disable MS Messenger?

Start Messenger and go to Tools > Options > Preferences
tab. Uncheck "Run Windows Messenger awhen Windows
starts" and for good measure I also unchecked the
next "Allow Windows Messenger to run in the background".
 
-----Original Message-----
Everytime I go into msconfig and disable ms messenger from
startup, antispyware enables it saying it's not a threat. I
don't use MS Messenger and don't need it to run in the
background. Does anyone know how to fix this?
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try to disable messenger from starting when windows starts
up, by unchecking the option in the messengers option menu
 
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