Help Me please!!!!

>-----Original Message-----
>I just installed windows xp home edition on my computer
>and I keep getting these pop up things. They say
>messenger service on the top, and they are
advertisements
>for different things. Does anyone know what they are and
>how to stop them.
>
>I'm getting the same thing! Had no problems until I went
from AOL to Netscape.

[Papa]

> wrote in message
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>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I just installed windows xp home edition on my computer
> >and I keep getting these pop up things. They say
> >messenger service on the top, and they are
> advertisements
> >for different things. Does anyone know what they are and
> >how to stop them.
> >
> >I'm getting the same thing! Had no problems until I went
> from AOL to Netscape.

AOL is an ISP. Netscape is a browser.

[Rifleman]

"Papa" > wrote in message
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>
> > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >I just installed windows xp home edition on my computer
> > >and I keep getting these pop up things. They say
> > >messenger service on the top, and they are
> > advertisements
> > >for different things. Does anyone know what they are and
> > >how to stop them.
> > >
> > >I'm getting the same thing! Had no problems until I went
> > from AOL to Netscape.
>
> AOL is an ISP. Netscape is a browser.
>
>

To be pedantic, AOL is NOT an ISP, it's an Online Content Provider.

[Epona]

Rifleman wrote:
> "Papa" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> I just installed windows xp home edition on my computer
>>>> and I keep getting these pop up things. They say
>>>> messenger service on the top, and they are
>>> advertisements
>>>> for different things. Does anyone know what they are and
>>>> how to stop them.
>>>>
>>>> I'm getting the same thing! Had no problems until I went
>>> from AOL to Netscape.
>>
>> AOL is an ISP. Netscape is a browser.
>>
>>
>
> To be pedantic, AOL is NOT an ISP, it's an Online Content Provider.

To be even more pedantic - AOHELL isn't an OCP it's a trojan...;o)

[Rifleman]

"Epona" > wrote in message
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> Rifleman wrote:
> > "Papa" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >>
> >> > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> I just installed windows xp home edition on my computer
> >>>> and I keep getting these pop up things. They say
> >>>> messenger service on the top, and they are
> >>> advertisements
> >>>> for different things. Does anyone know what they are and
> >>>> how to stop them.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm getting the same thing! Had no problems until I went
> >>> from AOL to Netscape.
> >>
> >> AOL is an ISP. Netscape is a browser.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > To be pedantic, AOL is NOT an ISP, it's an Online Content Provider.
>
> To be even more pedantic - AOHELL isn't an OCP it's a trojan...;o)
>
>

LOL!

[Papa]

I agree with your obviously negative opinion about AOL, but is IS an ISP -
among other things.