For the love of God, how do I stop these popups?!?

[Victoria]

What a major annoyance! How in the heck do I get rid of
all these popups? I have NO Messenger listed at all in
my control panel, so I can't remove it from there.

Just got another popup as I type this! Aaargh!

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Victoria,

Do these "popups" that are appearing have "Messenger Service" in their 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

"Victoria" > wrote in message
...
> What a major annoyance! How in the heck do I get rid of
> all these popups? I have NO Messenger listed at all in
> my control panel, so I can't remove it from there.
>
> Just got another popup as I type this! Aaargh!

[Cuthbert]

"Click Start, and then Run. Type services.msc into the box and click OK.
Scroll down to Messenger, select it by right-clicking it and then choose
Properties. Under subcategory startup type, click on arrow then choose
Disabled, then choose the Stop button. After the service is stopped, click
OK. Nothing in Windows or any real third-party applications should be
affected by this."


"Victoria" > wrote in message
...
> What a major annoyance! How in the heck do I get rid of
> all these popups? I have NO Messenger listed at all in
> my control panel, so I can't remove it from there.
>
> Just got another popup as I type this! Aaargh!

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

déjà vu =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Cuthbert" > wrote in message
...
> "Click Start, and then Run. Type services.msc into the box and click OK.
> Scroll down to Messenger, select it by right-clicking it and then choose
> Properties. Under subcategory startup type, click on arrow then choose
> Disabled, then choose the Stop button. After the service is stopped, click
> OK. Nothing in Windows or any real third-party applications should be
> affected by this."
>
>
> "Victoria" > wrote in message
> ...
> > What a major annoyance! How in the heck do I get rid of
> > all these popups? I have NO Messenger listed at all in
> > my control panel, so I can't remove it from there.
> >
> > Just got another popup as I type this! Aaargh!
>
>

[Dave D.]

Another solution is if you are using a firewall of some sort, make sure it
is blocking incoming traffic on ports 135-139 and port 445.

Johnathan's solution will definitely eliminate the "Messenger Service"
popups.

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings Victoria,
>
> Do these "popups" that are appearing have "Messenger Service" in their
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
>
> "Victoria" > wrote in message
> ...
> > What a major annoyance! How in the heck do I get rid of
> > all these popups? I have NO Messenger listed at all in
> > my control panel, so I can't remove it from there.
> >
> > Just got another popup as I type this! Aaargh!
>
>

[Rick N.]

I have been having the same problem even with a fresh install.

How do they do it?, get in that is. I have a software firewall and latest
version of NAV running.

Thanks for the Tip!

Rick N.


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings Victoria,
>
> Do these "popups" that are appearing have "Messenger Service" in their
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
>
> "Victoria" > wrote in message
> ...
> > What a major annoyance! How in the heck do I get rid of
> > all these popups? I have NO Messenger listed at all in
> > my control panel, so I can't remove it from there.
> >
> > Just got another popup as I type this! Aaargh!
>
>

[Cuthbert]

u da man!!!



"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> déjà vu =).
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Windows MVP, Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
> "Cuthbert" > wrote in message
> ...
> > "Click Start, and then Run. Type services.msc into the box and click
OK.
> > Scroll down to Messenger, select it by right-clicking it and then choose
> > Properties. Under subcategory startup type, click on arrow then choose
> > Disabled, then choose the Stop button. After the service is stopped,
click
> > OK. Nothing in Windows or any real third-party applications should be
> > affected by this."
> >
> >
> > "Victoria" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > What a major annoyance! How in the heck do I get rid of
> > > all these popups? I have NO Messenger listed at all in
> > > my control panel, so I can't remove it from there.
> > >
> > > Just got another popup as I type this! Aaargh!
> >
> >
>
>