Spam from messenger

[Jason Steiner]

I agree with the message posted by Josh. Messenger has
completely ruined this new computer I have bought. By
allowing the new spam to pop up every several minutes as
I try to get work done. How do I get this off? If you
don't fix this I will start to buy into the propoganda
that Microsoft is truely an evil company planting the
seeds of this worlds doom!

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Jason,

Does theis "spam" that is appearing have "Messenger Service" in its titlebar? If so, 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.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Jason Steiner" > wrote in message
...
> I agree with the message posted by Josh. Messenger has
> completely ruined this new computer I have bought. By
> allowing the new spam to pop up every several minutes as
> I try to get work done. How do I get this off? If you
> don't fix this I will start to buy into the propoganda
> that Microsoft is truely an evil company planting the
> seeds of this worlds doom!
>

[Chuck]

On Tue, 13 May 2003 16:00:54 -0700, "Jason Steiner" >
wrote:

>I agree with the message posted by Josh. Messenger has
>completely ruined this new computer I have bought. By
>allowing the new spam to pop up every several minutes as
>I try to get work done. How do I get this off? If you
>don't fix this I will start to buy into the propoganda
>that Microsoft is truely an evil company planting the
>seeds of this worlds doom!

Is this Messenger Service, or MSN / Windows Messenger, spam? The two
are totally different.

Do these popups have "Messenger Service" in the titlebar? If so, what
you're seeing is the Messenger Service in Windows which spammers are
exploiting.

To get rid of these pop ups, you 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. Hit the Stop button, then change Startup type to
Disabled, and hit OK. Stopping the Messenger Service doesn't affect
any applications in Windows - just the ability to send text messages
from computer to computer.

Another way to rid yourself of Messenger Service spam would be to put
yourself behind a NAT router.

If these popups are actually MSN / Windows Messenger messages, that's
another story. You need to block messages from anybody not in your
contacts.

To do this, hit Tools - Options and go to Privacy. Select "All other
users" (should be under "My Allow List"), and hit Block, then OK.
This will mean anybody not in your contacts will always see you as
Offline, and will never be able to add you to their contacts list.

Chuck Croll

Spam sucks - PLEASE get rid of the spam before emailing me!