How to stop it - Advice from an MVP

[Paul]

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 [MVP]]

Greetings Paul,

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

"Paul" > wrote in message ...
> 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.
>

[Paul]

Your very welcome
=) lol
>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Paul,
>
>Thanks for that =)
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Windows MVP, Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>"Paul" > wrote in message
...
>> 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.
>>
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>
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