William E. Storey II said:
i keep getting annoying pupups on mmy computer never had this problem before
must be an xp thing
how do i access it so that i can turn it off an use it if i need to
This is Messenger Service Spam.
The Windows "Messenger Service" which you are seeing
should not be confused with "Windows Messenger", the
program that lets you chat on-line to your buddies.
Although they have similar names, they are different creatures.
The Messenger Service is a built-in service which allows the
machine to recieve and display 'net send' messages.
The spammers have recently discovered that many people
un-intentionally have this open to the internet, and are using it
as a channel to peddle their wares.
The correct way to prevent this is to have a firewall running on the
Internet Connection, which will block the intrusions.
You can use XP's built-in firewall, or a 3-rd party one.
See also this article:
Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement Appears
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q330904
Some people will suggest you simply shut down the Messenger Service
on your PC, and this will also stop the spam messages.
But it doesn't cure the underlying problem that you have an
insecure machine exposed to the Internet.
