messenger service

[ray :]

I currently have a site spamming me using XP's messenger service...it
keeps sending popup ads everytime i log on to the internet...i have a
fixed ip....can i disable messenger service without messing things
up???...err what does it do anyway??
Ray <|:-)>

[Kelly]

Hi Ray,

To disable the Messenger Service:

Go to Start/Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Services. Double click the
Messenger Service and change Automatic to Disabled, then click the Stop
button.

Or use this automated edit:

Disable Messenger Service (Line 95)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

More information and options here on using a Firewall:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_m.htm#xp_msgservice

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP-Shell/User [AE-Windows® XP]
Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm


"ray : )" > wrote in message
news:3e8f8b58.927243@news-server...
> I currently have a site spamming me using XP's messenger service...it
> keeps sending popup ads everytime i log on to the internet...i have a
> fixed ip....can i disable messenger service without messing things
> up???...err what does it do anyway??
> Ray <|:-)>

[Kelly]

Hi Ray,

To disable the Messenger Service:

Go to Start/Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Services. Double click the
Messenger Service and change Automatic to Disabled, then click the Stop
button.

Or use this automated edit:

Disable Messenger Service (Line 95)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

More information and options here on using a Firewall:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_m.htm#xp_msgservice

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP-Shell/User [AE-Windows® XP]
Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm


"ray : )" > wrote in message
news:3e8f8b58.927243@news-server...
> I currently have a site spamming me using XP's messenger service...it
> keeps sending popup ads everytime i log on to the internet...i have a
> fixed ip....can i disable messenger service without messing things
> up???...err what does it do anyway??
> Ray <|:-)>

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

ray : wrote:

> I currently have a site spamming me using XP's messenger service...it
> keeps sending popup ads everytime i log on to the internet...i have a
> fixed ip....can i disable messenger service without messing things
> up???...err what does it do anyway??
> Ray <|:-)>

Hi

You can of course disable the Messenger service, but by doing only that, the
computer will STILL be open to the Internet and be pretty unsecured. The
Messenger Service messages is only the symptom, and not the cause.

You should follow the recommendations in the MS Knowledge Base article 330904:

Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement Appears
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=330904

Here is the most important part of it:

"For this reason, Microsoft recommends that you install a firewall and
configure it to block NetBIOS traffic instead of merely just turning off
the Messenger service."

That means blocking internet access to ports 135, 137-139 and 445 with a SW or
HW firewall.


--
torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page
Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

ray : wrote:

> I currently have a site spamming me using XP's messenger service...it
> keeps sending popup ads everytime i log on to the internet...i have a
> fixed ip....can i disable messenger service without messing things
> up???...err what does it do anyway??
> Ray <|:-)>

Hi

You can of course disable the Messenger service, but by doing only that, the
computer will STILL be open to the Internet and be pretty unsecured. The
Messenger Service messages is only the symptom, and not the cause.

You should follow the recommendations in the MS Knowledge Base article 330904:

Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement Appears
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=330904

Here is the most important part of it:

"For this reason, Microsoft recommends that you install a firewall and
configure it to block NetBIOS traffic instead of merely just turning off
the Messenger service."

That means blocking internet access to ports 135, 137-139 and 445 with a SW or
HW firewall.


--
torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page
Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter