pop-ups

[Les Ellason]

I need to know how to stop a message pop-up about
messagedefeat.com and associated stuff like this from
continuing to pop-up on my screen. I have optout a number
of times to unsubscribe, but these yahoos don't get the
message. I want to defeat them at their own game and kill
their system forever!!!!!

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Les,

What you're seeing is the Messenger service built-in to Windows, *not* Windows Messenger
(which are two different things) which spammers are exploiting -- this is not Microsoft, nor
can Microsoft control them anymore then they can control spam to your e-mail inbox.

To get rid of these pop ups, you'll need to disable the "Messenger Service", click Start,
then Run, enter "services.msc" and click OK. Scroll down to "Messenger", select it,
right-click and then choose Properties. Under startup type, choose 'Disabled' and then
choose the 'Stop' button. After the service is stopped, click OK. Nothing in Windows or any
real third-party applications should be effected by this.

Just as a little reminder, make sure you've protected yourself against the latest security
issues by visiting WindowsUpdate and installing the security patches:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
(This isn't related to the Messenger Service in any way, just a reminder)
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Les Ellason" > wrote in message
...
> I need to know how to stop a message pop-up about
> messagedefeat.com and associated stuff like this from
> continuing to pop-up on my screen. I have optout a number
> of times to unsubscribe, but these yahoos don't get the
> message. I want to defeat them at their own game and kill
> their system forever!!!!!