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tammy

ihad the windows xp installed but something is wrong it
workes super great ! but i keep getting this
(MESSENGER SERVICE): message from away on 8/242003 3 17
pm WARNING YOUR COMPUTER IS OPEN TO INCOMMING
MESSAGES THIS IS A SECURITY RISK MICROSOFT
IMPLEMENTED THIS SERVICE IN WINDOWS XP WHICH RUN ONS SAME
PORT AS THE MSBLASTER WORN U MUST TAKE ACTION BEFORE A
PROBLEM OCCURS GO TO WWW FIGHT MESSENGET .COM TODAY
IS THIS A FAKE ? WHAT DO I DO IS IT REAL HELP ME !
IM NOT COMPUTER ILLERATE! THANK U
 
Greetings Tammy,

What you're seeing is the Messenger service built-in to Windows, *not* Windows Messenger
(which are two different things) which spammers are exploiting -- this is not Microsoft, nor
can Microsoft control them anymore then they can control spam to your e-mail inbox.

To get rid of these pop ups, you'll need to disable the "Messenger Service", click Start,
then Run, enter "services.msc" and click OK. Scroll down to "Messenger", select it,
right-click and then choose Properties. Under startup type, choose 'Disabled' and then
choose the 'Stop' button. After the service is stopped, click OK. Nothing in Windows or any
real third-party applications should be effected by this.

Just as a little reminder, make sure you've protected yourself against the latest security
issues by visiting WindowsUpdate and installing the security patches:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
(This isn't related to the Messenger Service in any way, just a reminder)
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
 
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