Messenger Service and AV Alerts

[Suz]

....Just curious, I read somewhere that disabling "Messenger Service" could
affect message alerts from my antivirus program...is this true?...is there
anyway around this? Should I be concerned about this?

suz

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Suz,

No, there's no need to be concerned about this. This is all hearsay. There is nothing in
Windows XP that depends on this, nor any anti-virus software that runs on Windows XP. The
only real exception to this is if it's being used in a corporate environment with some very
very old software running on the server side which would send notifications using the
Messenger Service to clients. However, in these types of situations, the corporate network
would be firewalled and internet access would be shared, therefore you wouldn't be seeing the
Messenger Service "advertisements" in the first place. So realistically, there is very
little reason not to turn it off.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Suz" > wrote in message ...
> ...Just curious, I read somewhere that disabling "Messenger Service" could
> affect message alerts from my antivirus program...is this true?...is there
> anyway around this? Should I be concerned about this?
>
> suz
>
>

[Suz]

Thanks Jonathan,
I'm so glad I asked an expert...hearsay can be misleading...
Suzan


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings Suz,
>
> No, there's no need to be concerned about this. This is all hearsay.
There is nothing in
> Windows XP that depends on this, nor any anti-virus software that runs on
Windows XP. The
> only real exception to this is if it's being used in a corporate
environment with some very
> very old software running on the server side which would send
notifications using the
> Messenger Service to clients. However, in these types of situations, the
corporate network
> would be firewalled and internet access would be shared, therefore you
wouldn't be seeing the
> Messenger Service "advertisements" in the first place. So realistically,
there is very
> little reason not to turn it off.
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Windows MVP, Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
> "Suz" > wrote in message
...
> > ...Just curious, I read somewhere that disabling "Messenger Service"
could
> > affect message alerts from my antivirus program...is this true?...is
there
> > anyway around this? Should I be concerned about this?
> >
> > suz
> >
> >
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Suzan,

You can say that again =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Suz" > wrote in message ...
> Thanks Jonathan,
> I'm so glad I asked an expert...hearsay can be misleading...
> Suzan
>
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Greetings Suz,
> >
> > No, there's no need to be concerned about this. This is all hearsay.
> There is nothing in
> > Windows XP that depends on this, nor any anti-virus software that runs on
> Windows XP. The
> > only real exception to this is if it's being used in a corporate
> environment with some very
> > very old software running on the server side which would send
> notifications using the
> > Messenger Service to clients. However, in these types of situations, the
> corporate network
> > would be firewalled and internet access would be shared, therefore you
> wouldn't be seeing the
> > Messenger Service "advertisements" in the first place. So realistically,
> there is very
> > little reason not to turn it off.
> > ____________________________________________
> > Jonathan Kay
> > Windows MVP, Messenger
> > Associate Expert
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> > Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >
> > "Suz" > wrote in message
> ...
> > > ...Just curious, I read somewhere that disabling "Messenger Service"
> could
> > > affect message alerts from my antivirus program...is this true?...is
> there
> > > anyway around this? Should I be concerned about this?
> > >
> > > suz
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>