Messenger Constantly trying to Access Internet

[Mike M.]

Hi,

I've turned off Messenger AND uninstalled it as well as
turned it off in services.msg, and dis-allowed it to run
in the background. However, about every 2 minutes, my
Norton Personal Firewall (2003) detects an attempt to
connect to the internet and displays the following
description:
Details: An instance of "C:\Program
Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" is preparing to access the
Internet for the first time

How do I keep Messenger from continually trying to gain
Internet access? This has become very annoying!

Mike M

[blackspider]

I think ur computer infect the Virus.Did Norton find out which virus

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Mike,

Actually what you're seeing is a result of Norton Antivirus 2003's Messenger protection.
Norton added a new "instant messaging scanning" feature to Norton Antivirus 2003, which can
conflict with Messenger and cause some of this behavior. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus
(Right-click on the Norton Antivirus icon in the System Tray/Notification Area (by the
clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'), click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck
MSN Instant Messenger and click OK.

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____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Mike M." > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> I've turned off Messenger AND uninstalled it as well as
> turned it off in services.msg, and dis-allowed it to run
> in the background. However, about every 2 minutes, my
> Norton Personal Firewall (2003) detects an attempt to
> connect to the internet and displays the following
> description:
> Details: An instance of "C:\Program
> Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" is preparing to access the
> Internet for the first time
>
> How do I keep Messenger from continually trying to gain
> Internet access? This has become very annoying!
>
> Mike M

[Mike]

Sorry for taking so long to reply, but I've just followed
your advice, and MSN Messenger was already unchecked --
???
>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Mike,
>
>Actually what you're seeing is a result of Norton
Antivirus 2003's Messenger protection.
>Norton added a new "instant messaging scanning" feature
to Norton Antivirus 2003, which can
>conflict with Messenger and cause some of this behavior.
To stop it, open Norton Antivirus
>(Right-click on the Norton Antivirus icon in the System
Tray/Notification Area (by the
>clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'), click Options,
then Instant Messenger then uncheck
>MSN Instant Messenger and click OK.
>
>--
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>
>"Mike M." > wrote in
message
...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've turned off Messenger AND uninstalled it as well as
>> turned it off in services.msg, and dis-allowed it to
run
>> in the background. However, about every 2 minutes, my
>> Norton Personal Firewall (2003) detects an attempt to
>> connect to the internet and displays the following
>> description:
>> Details: An instance of "C:\Program
>> Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" is preparing to access the
>> Internet for the first time
>>
>> How do I keep Messenger from continually trying to gain
>> Internet access? This has become very annoying!
>>
>> Mike M
>
>
>.
>