The OP asked for a solution to a symptom that clearly points to the absence
of a properly configured firewall.
Despite your statement to the effect that you are 'educating' the OP, you
are in fact continuing to perpetuate the lack of knowledge of users by not
making the link between the symptom and the problem.
'Shooting the messenger', by whichever method you care to suggest, will
*not* prevent the actual problem - which is a non-secure system.
Simply enabling the XP built-in firewall, which is the information in the
links I provided and one of the *choices* I suggested, will provide a level
of security that obviously was not present.
Given the increasing risk of transmission of viruses and worms there is no
excuse for anyone to continue to suggest any solution to this frequently
asked and answered question other than to properly configure a firewall.
Pete
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"Frank" > wrote in message
...
> The OP asked for the time and you are telling them how
> to build a watch. Installing fudware is not the answer to
> running a secure system. This is a matter of education.
> The OP wanted to know how to stop the popups and I
> told them. The windows messenger service is needed in
> a corporate envirement, it is not needed by a home user
> who can interact accross the room.
> Have a nice day.
>
> "Pete Baker" <petebkrAThotmailDOTcom> wrote in message
> ...
> | Linda
> |
> | Shooting the messenger will not solve the problem because messenger is
> *not*
> | the problem - only a symptom.
> | The problem is that you do not have a properly configured firewall
> | protecting your system from unwanted access from spammers and
> potential
> | viruses/worms.
> |
> | The only solution that will solve this is to install and properly
> configure
> | a firewall. XP has a simple firewall built-in but you may want to
> install
> | and configure a third-party solution as Zone Alarm, Black Ice Defender
> or,
> | if you are prepared to pay, my personal choice Norton Internet
> Security -
> | includes Firewall, Anti-Virus, email scanning, parental controls etc.
> |
> | Have a look at these pages and see if the problem described seems
> familiar.
> |
> | The info here should help you deal with this problem simply and
> | quickly although you may want to install a third-party firewall rather
> than
> | use the XP built-in version, the choice is yours. But get a firewall
> up and
> | running as soon as possible.
> |
> | "Stopping Advertisements with Messenger Service Titles"
> |
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communicate/stopspam.asp
> |
> | Or, in more detail, here
> |
> | "Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement
> Appears"
> | http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330904
> |
> |
> | Be aware that simply disabling the messenger service (which is all
> 'shoot
> | the messenger' does) will *not* fix the problem - it will only stop
> the
> | messages appearing. Your system will remain
> | at risk until you properly enable a firewall.
> |
> | Hope that helps
> | Pete
> | ----------------
> |
> | "Frank" wrote
> | >
> | > "Linda Fullmer"wrote
> | > | Want to uninstall windows messenger. I Have windows xp
> | > | pro. When I go to windows components, there is no listing
> | > | for this, so I can not get rid of it. Even when I sign
> | > | out Messenger I still get the pop ups.
> | > | Thanks,
> | > | Linda
> | >
> | > Go here. Read up on it. This will solve this little annoyance.
> | >
> | > http://grc.com/stm/shootthemessenger.htm
> | >
> | > Good Luck
> | >
> | >
> |
> |
>
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