messenger pop-ups

[Sheryl]

I'm having exactly the same problem, and I don't have
much computer knowledge. If this unsolicited "fix" isn't
necessary, how can I stop receiving these popups?
>-----Original Message-----
>I have these pop-up messenger window ads that pop-up
>while I'm online. Then I get one from byebyeads.com and
>it says there is a hole in the windows xp application
and
>you could get a virus threw this same hole. To protect
>you from this leak pay $24.95 and download this special
>software. It just didn't make sense to me that a big
>company like Microsoft would allow this to happen and
not
>have a fix for it. Let me know if there is a solution
>that I just don't know about. Thanks David
>.
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Sheryl,

Do these "pop-ups" 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

"Sheryl" > wrote in message ...
> I'm having exactly the same problem, and I don't have
> much computer knowledge. If this unsolicited "fix" isn't
> necessary, how can I stop receiving these popups?
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I have these pop-up messenger window ads that pop-up
> >while I'm online. Then I get one from byebyeads.com and
> >it says there is a hole in the windows xp application
> and
> >you could get a virus threw this same hole. To protect
> >you from this leak pay $24.95 and download this special
> >software. It just didn't make sense to me that a big
> >company like Microsoft would allow this to happen and
> not
> >have a fix for it. Let me know if there is a solution
> >that I just don't know about. Thanks David
> >.
> >

[Amethyst]

Sheryl wrote:
> I'm having exactly the same problem, and I don't have
> much computer knowledge. If this unsolicited "fix" isn't
> necessary, how can I stop receiving these popups?
>> -----Original Message-----
>> I have these pop-up messenger window ads that pop-up
>> while I'm online. Then I get one from byebyeads.com and
>> it says there is a hole in the windows xp application and
>> you could get a virus threw this same hole. To protect
>> you from this leak pay $24.95 and download this special
>> software. It just didn't make sense to me that a big
>> company like Microsoft would allow this to happen and not
>> have a fix for it. Let me know if there is a solution
>> that I just don't know about. Thanks David
>> .

Follow my advice, not Jonathan's. His does nothing to cure the problem which
the ads are only a symptom of.

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