Messenger Service

[Susie]

I keep getting non-stop pop-ups from "Messenger Service"
trying to get me to go to one of their many websites to
buy a program to stop these pop-ups. The ads come
constantly and I don't know how to stop them. I do have
another free pop-up killer that seems to be working on
any other pop-ups but not these ones. I assume they are
because I have MSN Messenger but I never used to get
these before I upgraded to XP Pro. How can I stop them??
They are constant and driving me crazy. PLEASE HELP.
Thank you.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Susie,

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


"Susie" > wrote in message
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> I keep getting non-stop pop-ups from "Messenger Service"
> trying to get me to go to one of their many websites to
> buy a program to stop these pop-ups. The ads come
> constantly and I don't know how to stop them. I do have
> another free pop-up killer that seems to be working on
> any other pop-ups but not these ones. I assume they are
> because I have MSN Messenger but I never used to get
> these before I upgraded to XP Pro. How can I stop them??
> They are constant and driving me crazy. PLEASE HELP.
> Thank you.