Messenger Service

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How do I get rid of the Messenger Service emails that
appear on my screen? They are all from advertisers, not
personal email.
 
Start/Control Panel, click Administrative Tools, click Services.
Go down to "Messenger".
Right click "Messenger" and select Properties.
Hit the Stop Button under Service Status section
Then under Start-up select DISABLE
Click OK and follow prompts
 
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How do I get rid of the Messenger Service emails that
appear on my screen? They are all from advertisers, not
personal email.
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Subject: Re: Darn Pop-ups! Please HElp me.
From: "Gary Tsang" <[email protected]> Sent:
11/9/2003 12:01:36 PM




For more information about the Messenger Service Spam and
how to stop them
from your computer visit this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communi
cate/stopspam.asp

These windows are sent to your system using the Messenger
service. You
should either use a firewall to block your file/printer
sharing ports
(TCP/UDP ports 135, 137, 138, 139, and 445) from the
Internet.

First thing you'll want to do is to install or enable a
firewall:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-
US;Q330904

Disabling Messenger Service can be a good idea, but it
does not solve the
real problem.

The ads are not the real problem, the ads are only a
symptom of a larger
issue. The real problem is open ports that allow
unwanted traffic into the
computer.

Disabling Messenger does nothing for the open ports. You
would need a
firewall that controls the traffic.

The above solution will not work if you have AOL as is
not compatible with
Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall (ICF). If you
have AOL, you should
contact AOL and/or get a 3rd party firewall.

Disable Messenger Service:
Start/Control Panel, click Administrative Tools, click
Services.
Go down to "Messenger".
Right click "Messenger" and select Properties.
Hit the Stop Button under Service Status section
Then under Start-up select DISABLE
Click OK and follow prompts

Check this link:
http://www.aumha.org/a/noads.php
Run Ad-Aware (free version) or Spybot to check for
spyware:
http://www.lavasoft.de/
Or
http://spybot.eon.net.au/

For internet pop-ups, try one of these:
http://www.panicware.com/
http://www.bysoft.se/sureshot/stopthepop/index.html
http://www.popupbuster.com/PopUpBuster/
http://www.kolumbus.fi/eero.muhonen/FS/
http://www.endpopups.com/
http://www.adshield.org/


--
Gary Tsang
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp


rob said:
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Help me get rid of these pop-ups. is
it msn instand messenger, i Got rid of it and it was
great for 2 days and now its simply out of control.
Please help me,
thanks,
rob
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Greetings,

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
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
 
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