Annoying messages!

[kath]

Hi, sorry i can't help you with your problem, only as far
as to say i think have the same problem, i have only had
xp for a few days, and i keep getting a grey box come up
with messenger service at the top, asking to vist web
addresses, (does this sound the same thing?), anyway i
wasnt signed up with messenger so i signed up just so i
could block them, but to no avail, so i at great pains
deteled windows messenger which it where i thought the
problem was, only to find it has made no diffrence at
all, and yes its really annoying.
kath
>-----Original Message-----
>I'd like to know how come when I've set Messenger not to
>automatically start up when I go into Outlook Express
and
>when the settings within Messenger itself have been set
>not to autostart but wait till I want to logon to
>messenger, how come all these offensive spammers know
I'm
>online and message me asking to come to their website?
>This is highly irritating. All other users have been
>blocked from within Messenger and still this happens.
Is
>the only alternative to simply create a new account and
>start from scratch? Also where did all these spammers
>get my email address from (its hotmail).
>
>
>.
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Kath,

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


"kath" > wrote in message
...
> Hi, sorry i can't help you with your problem, only as far
> as to say i think have the same problem, i have only had
> xp for a few days, and i keep getting a grey box come up
> with messenger service at the top, asking to vist web
> addresses, (does this sound the same thing?), anyway i
> wasnt signed up with messenger so i signed up just so i
> could block them, but to no avail, so i at great pains
> deteled windows messenger which it where i thought the
> problem was, only to find it has made no diffrence at
> all, and yes its really annoying.
> kath
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I'd like to know how come when I've set Messenger not to
> >automatically start up when I go into Outlook Express
> and
> >when the settings within Messenger itself have been set
> >not to autostart but wait till I want to logon to
> >messenger, how come all these offensive spammers know
> I'm
> >online and message me asking to come to their website?
> >This is highly irritating. All other users have been
> >blocked from within Messenger and still this happens.
> Is
> >the only alternative to simply create a new account and
> >start from scratch? Also where did all these spammers
> >get my email address from (its hotmail).
> >
> >
> >.
> >