Unwanted messages

[dean]

I too get the annoying messages, alot of them lately seem
to be selling products that will secure my PC, because as
the message says, "if you're getting this message your PC
is wide open to the internet".

My problem is, I can't find messenger. It's not in my
status bar, not in the list of uninstallable programs, and
nowhere from the Start menu.

Any suggestions???
>-----Original Message-----
>How do i go about deleting messenger from my XPn program.
>Recently I keep getting numerous unsolicted messages
>selling everything or services. They even pop up when I
>am working on the computer. I leave the computer on and
>after a period of time i've had to wind thru 8 to 9
>unsolicted pitches for sales. I feel I need to delete
>this option to resolve the problem,which seems to be
>getting worse.
>.
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Dean,

Do these "messages" 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

"dean" > wrote in message
...
> I too get the annoying messages, alot of them lately seem
> to be selling products that will secure my PC, because as
> the message says, "if you're getting this message your PC
> is wide open to the internet".
>
> My problem is, I can't find messenger. It's not in my
> status bar, not in the list of uninstallable programs, and
> nowhere from the Start menu.
>
> Any suggestions???
> >-----Original Message-----
> >How do i go about deleting messenger from my XPn program.
> >Recently I keep getting numerous unsolicted messages
> >selling everything or services. They even pop up when I
> >am working on the computer. I leave the computer on and
> >after a period of time i've had to wind thru 8 to 9
> >unsolicted pitches for sales. I feel I need to delete
> >this option to resolve the problem,which seems to be
> >getting worse.
> >.
> >