Messenger Service Pop-up ads

[Brian]

The Messenger service is related to the Alert service and
has nothing to do with "Microsoft Messenger" or other
Instant Msgrs.

>-----Original Message-----
>So if i stop the Messenger service, will i be unable to
>chat via aim or yahoo?
>>-----Original Message-----
>>stop the Messenger service (in Services MMC or cmd>net
>>stop messenger); then set the service to Disabled. Note
>>that if you do this you may not recieve legitimate
>>domain/alert i.e. "net send" messages.
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>How do I stop the Messenger Service pop-up ads that are
>>>appearing more frequently? These occur without my even
>>>opening Internet Explorer.
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