Messenger pop up

[Dick]

I need help in stopping those pop up ads.
How can i kill them?
Dick

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Dick,

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


"Dick" > wrote in message ...
> I need help in stopping those pop up ads.
> How can i kill them?
> Dick

Jonathan, thanks very much for this. These pop up ads have
been driving me nuts!

Doug


>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Dick,
>
>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
>
>
>"Dick" > wrote in message
...
>> I need help in stopping those pop up ads.
>> How can i kill them?
>> Dick
>
>
>.
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Doug,

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

> wrote in message ...
> Jonathan, thanks very much for this. These pop up ads have
> been driving me nuts!
>
> Doug
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings Dick,
> >
> >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
> >
> >
> >"Dick" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I need help in stopping those pop up ads.
> >> How can i kill them?
> >> Dick
> >
> >
> >.
> >