"New pop up ads"

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Michelle

Every few minutes a window with an "ok" button appears on
my screen telling me to stop these "new types of pop up
ads" by going to www.killmessenger.com or www.endads.com
and many more. When I click "ok" or the x to close the
window it appears again later! How do I make this stop
without having to buy their products? Is there something
stored on my computer that sets a time for these windows
to appear? I need help desperately!
 
Hi Michelle -
See: Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement
Appears http://support.microsoft.com/?id=330904 which identifies reasons
to keep this service and steps to take if you do. You can test your
system and follow the 'Prevention' link to get additional information
here: http://www.mynetwatchman.com/winpopuptester.asp Unless you have
very good reasons to keep this active, it should be turned off in Win2k
and XP. Go here and do what it says:
http://www.itc.virginia.edu/desktop/docs/messagepopup/ or, even better,
get MessageSubtract, free, here, which will give you flexible control of
the service and viewing of these messages:
http://www.intermute.com/messagesubtract/help.html Recommended. (FWIW,
ZoneAlarm's default firewall configuration blocks the necessary ports to
prevent this use of Messenger Service. I don't know the situation with
regard to other firewalls.)





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Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
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