messenger spam

[Tony]

I have a new computer with XP. When I'm connected to the
Internet, an occasional Messenger Service dialog box pops
up with some advertisement. How do I block these.

I do not you Messenger and have not signed in.

Thanks,
Tony

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Tony,

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



"Tony" > wrote in message
...
> I have a new computer with XP. When I'm connected to the
> Internet, an occasional Messenger Service dialog box pops
> up with some advertisement. How do I block these.
>
> I do not you Messenger and have not signed in.
>
> Thanks,
> Tony

[Tony]

Thanks a lot Jonathan.
Cheers.

>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Tony,
>
>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
>
>
>
>"Tony" > wrote in message
...
>> I have a new computer with XP. When I'm connected to
the
>> Internet, an occasional Messenger Service dialog box
pops
>> up with some advertisement. How do I block these.
>>
>> I do not you Messenger and have not signed in.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tony
>
>
>.
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Tony,

You're very welcome =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Tony" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks a lot Jonathan.
> Cheers.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings Tony,
> >
> >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
> >
> >
> >
> >"Tony" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I have a new computer with XP. When I'm connected to
> the
> >> Internet, an occasional Messenger Service dialog box
> pops
> >> up with some advertisement. How do I block these.
> >>
> >> I do not you Messenger and have not signed in.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Tony
> >
> >
> >.
> >