Unwanted POPUPS

[DonS]

Even with the new features in various email systems and an
Internet Security software package (Norton), I am still
receiving an occasional popup which I believe comes from
the Messenger asking me to respond to various websites to
prevent further popups. I did see something yesterday
that refers to running the command "services.msc" after
going to START and RUN.

Can anyone tell me about this?

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Don,

Do these "pop-ups" that are appearing have "Messenger Service" in their titlebar? If so, 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
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"DonS" > wrote in message
...
> Even with the new features in various email systems and an
> Internet Security software package (Norton), I am still
> receiving an occasional popup which I believe comes from
> the Messenger asking me to respond to various websites to
> prevent further popups. I did see something yesterday
> that refers to running the command "services.msc" after
> going to START and RUN.
>
> Can anyone tell me about this?