Advertisements that come in form of Messenger Service

Hi Jonathan

I followed you suggestion after reading another post and that has eliminated
the messenger service pop-ups, but I also receive a lot of messages right in
the Messenger it's self. They are usually porn related and others are also
in the conversation responding to the original porn message. I have blocked
those in the group that are responding, but can never catch it fast enough
to block the original. Any suggestions as how to stop this. I no longer
allow messenger to load, but I would like to load it if I can figure out how
to stop the unsolicited porn requests.

Thanks
Bob
"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
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Greetings Jim,

What you're seeing is the Messenger service built-in to Windows, not
MSN/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. The
"Messenger Service" was designed to send quick messages (like you're
seeing) across local
networks -- but since the Internet is one large network, it's been exposed
to everyone.

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.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Jim" wrote in message
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I get pop up like advertisements in a screen
labeled "Messenger Service"...... what are these? Are
they using a windows xp functionality?