uninstall msn messenger

[ronald]

I keep getting annoying pop up ads and it says its coming
through a vulnerability in msn messenger. So i was
wondering if i can uninstall messenger or if uninstalling
messenger would help. Also even if messenger is not on i
still get the pop up ads.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Ronald,

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

"ronald" > wrote in message
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> I keep getting annoying pop up ads and it says its coming
> through a vulnerability in msn messenger. So i was
> wondering if i can uninstall messenger or if uninstalling
> messenger would help. Also even if messenger is not on i
> still get the pop up ads.