Spam messages popping up on desktop

[Drew]

This should stop those annoying ads:

To Disable the Messenger Service Manually:
-- Click on the Start button in the taskbar
-- Open Control Panels
-- Go to "Administrative Tools" (XP users may need to go
to "Performance and Maintenance" first,
then "Administrative Tools")
-- Double-click on "Services"
-- Scroll down to "Messenger"
-- Double-click on "Messenger"
-- Change the Startup type to "Disabled"
-- Click "Stop" to stop the service


>-----Original Message-----
>I've just upgraded to XP professional and i'm using
>Nortin Firewall but I have started receiving spam
>messages (via windows messenger?) on my desktop telling
>me my IP address is insecure etc and asking me to go to
>certain websites.
>
>Can i turn this off and stop these messages appearing?
>.
>