If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
messenger pop up wi dows
how do i get rid of the pop up messenger windows that
always appear when i am online.they are very annoying anfd often ibclude advirtising for xxx sites. |
Ads |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
messenger pop up wi dows
Greetings Jeff,
If these "popups" that appeared had "Messenger Service" in their titlebar, 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. However, if they're an actual Messenger conversation, there has been an upsurge in some Messenger (that is .NET Messenger) spam in the last few weeks. This conversation did go through the Messenger server, but you may not be aware that anyone can actually send you a message through the .NET Messenger network without being on your contact list. For example, if you right-click your Messenger icon, choose "Send an Instant Message", the Other tab, you can actually type in a Passport e-mail address and send a message to them, without being on their contact list. However, you can change this behavior, so that people will have to add your to their contact lists before they can send you a message (note, if it's arriving using the 'group' method of Messenger spam, this will only block the group spam in MSN Messenger 5), open up the main Messenger window, click Tools, then Options, then the Privacy tab, click 'All other users' (or 'All users' in MSN Messenger 5) and then click the Block button. ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Windows MVP, Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com "Jeff hart" wrote in message ... how do i get rid of the pop up messenger windows that always appear when i am online.they are very annoying anfd often ibclude advirtising for xxx sites. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|