Messenger Service Pop-ups

[Karen F]

Lately I keep getting these pop-ups from something called "Messenger
Service." I don't know why I get these all of a sudden. I'd like to
stop them and get rid of them. Does anyone know what they are and why I
would get them all of sudden? Thanks.

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Karen
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[Mark Salloway]

Hi Karen,
To stop these messages you can activate the Windows XP firewall (Microsoft's
recommended way) on your system or disable the messenger service on your
computer.
To disable the messenger service go to Start > Run and type Services.msc
You will now be presented with a list of services on your computer, move
down the list until you see 'messenger'. Double click on this, and set
Messengers Startup type to disabled and stop the service if it is running.

Clicking Ok on a message does not send any information back to the sender of
the message. This is a part of Windows which is suposed to be used by
administrators to send messages to workstations but is being abused by
spammers.

Hope that helps you

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Mark

"Karen F" > wrote in message
...
> Lately I keep getting these pop-ups from something called "Messenger
> Service." I don't know why I get these all of a sudden. I'd like to
> stop them and get rid of them. Does anyone know what they are and why
I
> would get them all of sudden? Thanks.
>
> --
> Karen
> Visit Gigolo Jake: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/9820/jake.html
> Jake's Friends: http://members.tripod.com/~karen49/jakesfriends1.html
>
>

[Gary Tsang]

For Messenger Service ads:
You need to install or enable a firewall:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q330904

Disabling Messenger Service can be a good idea, but it does not solve the
real problem.

The ads are not the real problem, the ads are only a symptom of a larger
issue. The real problem is open ports that allow unwanted traffic into the
computer.

Disabling Messenger does nothing for the open ports. You would need a
firewall that controls the traffic.

The above solution will not work if you have AOL as is not compatible with
Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall (ICF). If you have AOL, you should
contact AOL and/or get a 3rd party firewall.

Disable Messenger Service:
Start/Control Panel, click Administrative Tools, click Services.
Go down to "Messenger".
Right click "Messenger" and select Properties.
Hit the Stop Button under Service Status section
Then under Start-up select DISABLE
Click OK and follow prompts

Check this link:
http://www.aumha.org/a/noads.php
Run Ad-Aware (free version) or Spybot to check for spyware:
http://www.lavasoft.de/
Or
http://spybot.eon.net.au/

For internet pop-ups, try one of these:
http://www.panicware.com/
http://www.bysoft.se/sureshot/stopthepop/index.html
http://www.popupbuster.com/PopUpBuster/
http://www.kolumbus.fi/eero.muhonen/FS/
http://www.endpopups.com/
http://www.adshield.org/

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Gary Tsang


"Karen F" > wrote in message
...
> Lately I keep getting these pop-ups from something called "Messenger
> Service." I don't know why I get these all of a sudden. I'd like to
> stop them and get rid of them. Does anyone know what they are and why
I
> would get them all of sudden? Thanks.
>
> --
> Karen
> Visit Gigolo Jake: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/9820/jake.html
> Jake's Friends: http://members.tripod.com/~karen49/jakesfriends1.html
>
>

[Kadaitcha Man]

Karen F wrote:
> Lately I keep getting these pop-ups from something called "Messenger
> Service." I don't know why I get these all of a sudden. I'd like
> to stop them and get rid of them. Does anyone know what they are
> and why I would get them all of sudden? Thanks.


Read this: http://kadaitcha.ath.cx/articles/spam.aspx

There is far more you can do to stop spam than what you have been told.

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Anarchy is having to put up with things that **** you off.

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[Shenan T. Stanley]

Karen F <> wrote:
> Lately I keep getting these pop-ups from something called "Messenger
> Service." I don't know why I get these all of a sudden. I'd like
> to stop them and get rid of them. Does anyone know what they are
> and why I would get them all of sudden? Thanks.

Advice on Popups and their elimination:

http://www.fracas.net/newsgroups/generaladvice.html#popups
or
http://tinyurl.com/el9s

You may want to look over the whole page.

--
Shenan Stanley
"Just trying to help"