message pop-ups

[Bruce]

How do I eliminate the annoying, unsolicitated message
pop-ups that frequently inhabit my screen via the
Messenger Service? I am deeply unhappy to be receiving
messages from spammers such as messengerbuster.com and
killmessenger.com selling products meant to prevent the
very types of messages that these companies are
delivering. This amounts to blackmail, and I am very
displeased that Windows XP would permit this to happen.

[Gary Tsang]

For Messenger Service ads:
You need to install or enable a firewall:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q330904

Disabling Messenger Service can be a good idea, but it does not solve the
real problem.

The ads are not the real problem, the ads are only a symptom of a larger
issue. The real problem is open ports that allow unwanted traffic into the
computer.

Disabling Messenger does nothing for the open ports. You would need a
firewall that controls the traffic.

The above solution will not work if you have AOL as is not compatible with
Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall (ICF). If you have AOL, you should
contact AOL and/or get a 3rd party firewall.

Disable Messenger Service:
Start/Control Panel, click Administrative Tools, click Services.
Go down to "Messenger".
Right click "Messenger" and select Properties.
Hit the Stop Button under Service Status section
Then under Start-up select DISABLE
Click OK and follow prompts

Check this link:
http://www.aumha.org/a/noads.php
Run Ad-Aware (free version) or Spybot to check for spyware:
http://www.lavasoft.de/
Or
http://spybot.eon.net.au/

For internet pop-ups, try one of these:
http://www.panicware.com/
http://www.bysoft.se/sureshot/stopthepop/index.html
http://www.popupbuster.com/PopUpBuster/
http://www.kolumbus.fi/eero.muhonen/FS/
http://www.endpopups.com/
http://www.adshield.org/


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Gary Tsang


"Bruce" > wrote in message
...
> How do I eliminate the annoying, unsolicitated message
> pop-ups that frequently inhabit my screen via the
> Messenger Service? I am deeply unhappy to be receiving
> messages from spammers such as messengerbuster.com and
> killmessenger.com selling products meant to prevent the
> very types of messages that these companies are
> delivering. This amounts to blackmail, and I am very
> displeased that Windows XP would permit this to happen.
>