Pop-us

[Phil]

im continualy getting these pop-us that claim to be part
of microsoft messenger service i figured it was a virus
and that it was just a stupid prog letting them pop-ups
but when i go into task manager and right click on the
messenger task and click go to process it gives me
csrss.exe but its a system file and cannot be dissabled
and this file has been on my computer since 2001 when we
installed XP whats going on ? how do i dissable these
pop-ups

[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


"Phil" > wrote in message
...
> im continualy getting these pop-us that claim to be part
> of microsoft messenger service i figured it was a virus
> and that it was just a stupid prog letting them pop-ups
> but when i go into task manager and right click on the
> messenger task and click go to process it gives me
> csrss.exe but its a system file and cannot be dissabled
> and this file has been on my computer since 2001 when we
> installed XP whats going on ? how do i dissable these
> pop-ups