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Unwanted Popups via Messenger Service
-----Original Message----- How do I get rid of the popups that want me to pay money=20 for a program to get rid of the popups without paying=20 them=20 the money??? This is a fascinating bit of extortion! =20 Thanks for any help you can provide. . I have the same problem!!!, pop ups came from nowere even=20 with the IE off!! and the prog they are selling is "Jimmy=20 surfer" an anti pop ups prog (=B7"!"$!=AA!%) u sure it cames=20 from the messenger? if you got any solution please reply=20 to me ) This **** troubles everybody... I`m sending this to you=20 from Argentina. :-P how's that? saludos |
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Unwanted Popups via Messenger Service
Greetings,
Do these "pop-ups" that are appearing have "Messenger Service" in their titlebar? If so, what you're seeing is the Messenger service built-in to Windows, *not* Windows Messenger (which are two different things) which spammers are exploiting -- this is not Microsoft, nor can Microsoft control them anymore then they can control spam to your e-mail inbox. To get rid of these pop ups, you'll need to disable the "Messenger Service", click Start, then Run, enter "services.msc"and click OK. Scroll down to "Messenger", select it, right-click and then choose Properties. Under startup type, choose 'Disabled' and then choose the 'Stop' button. After the service is stopped, click OK. Nothing in Windows or any real third-party applications should be effected by this. ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Windows MVP, Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com wrote in message ... -----Original Message----- How do I get rid of the popups that want me to pay money for a program to get rid of the popups without paying them the money??? This is a fascinating bit of extortion! Thanks for any help you can provide. . I have the same problem!!!, pop ups came from nowere even with the IE off!! and the prog they are selling is "Jimmy surfer" an anti pop ups prog (·"!"$!ª!%) u sure it cames from the messenger? if you got any solution please reply to me ) This **** troubles everybody... I`m sending this to you from Argentina. :-P how's that? saludos |
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