how to stop pop up messenger

I have downloaded stopmessenger.com and Ad Ware in an
attempt to stop the popup spam and have not been able to
stop them. Anybody know how to stop these things?

Greetings John,

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

"John" wrote in message ...
I have downloaded stopmessenger.com and Ad Ware in an
attempt to stop the popup spam and have not been able to
stop them. Anybody know how to stop these things?

hi Jonathan Kay,

if i follow these directions (see your responce to John)
will i still be able to use windows messenger (bungled
into winxp pro) to chat with my contacts or will i have to
download and install msn messenger? and....if i need to
download and install msn messenger which version works
best with winxp pro?

thanks,
Chris Locke,
from Maine where even the moose are men.
-----Original Message-----
Greetings John,

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

"John" wrote in message
...
I have downloaded stopmessenger.com and Ad Ware in an
attempt to stop the popup spam and have not been able to
stop them. Anybody know how to stop these things?


.

The Messenger IM application will still work.

Dean

"Chris" wrote in message
...
hi Jonathan Kay,

if i follow these directions (see your responce to John)
will i still be able to use windows messenger (bungled
into winxp pro) to chat with my contacts or will i have to
download and install msn messenger? and....if i need to
download and install msn messenger which version works
best with winxp pro?

thanks,
Chris Locke,
from Maine where even the moose are men.
-----Original Message-----
Greetings John,

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

"John" wrote in message
...
I have downloaded stopmessenger.com and Ad Ware in an
attempt to stop the popup spam and have not been able to
stop them. Anybody know how to stop these things?


.

Hi Chris,

Like Dean also replied, Messenger will still be fine. Turning off the "Messenger Service"
has no effect on MSN or Windows Messenger, it's a separate service/application.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Chris" wrote in message
...
hi Jonathan Kay,

if i follow these directions (see your responce to John)
will i still be able to use windows messenger (bungled
into winxp pro) to chat with my contacts or will i have to
download and install msn messenger? and....if i need to
download and install msn messenger which version works
best with winxp pro?

thanks,
Chris Locke,
from Maine where even the moose are men.
-----Original Message-----
Greetings John,

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

"John" wrote in message
...
I have downloaded stopmessenger.com and Ad Ware in an
attempt to stop the popup spam and have not been able to
stop them. Anybody know how to stop these things?


.

Since this question keeps "popping" up with regularity I urge all of you to
go to the Microsoft Feedback area and request that future builds of
Messenger have this feature OFF in the services by default. For the large
offices that use this feature it would be easy for the IT person to enable
it on the computers that need it. I suspect that the great majority of users
do no use nor need this feature enabled.

Charles Tomaras
Seattle, WA


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Hi Chris,

Like Dean also replied, Messenger will still be fine. Turning off the
"Messenger Service"
has no effect on MSN or Windows Messenger, it's a separate
service/application.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Chris" wrote in message
...
hi Jonathan Kay,

if i follow these directions (see your responce to John)
will i still be able to use windows messenger (bungled
into winxp pro) to chat with my contacts or will i have to
download and install msn messenger? and....if i need to
download and install msn messenger which version works
best with winxp pro?

thanks,
Chris Locke,
from Maine where even the moose are men.
-----Original Message-----
Greetings John,

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

"John" wrote in message
...
I have downloaded stopmessenger.com and Ad Ware in an
attempt to stop the popup spam and have not been able to
stop them. Anybody know how to stop these things?


.

go to this link
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000...ommunications/
msgrspam.asp


"John" wrote in message
...
I have downloaded stopmessenger.com and Ad Ware in an
attempt to stop the popup spam and have not been able to
stop them. Anybody know how to stop these things?

Thanks everybody for the info. I've been looking all
over for a way to disable that message but couldn't find
it any where for a while. Even the knowledge base didn't
point me to the right direction. Any ways thanks again
it was getting on my nerve seeing that spam message.

Randall


-----Original Message-----
Since this question keeps "popping" up with regularity I
urge all of you to
go to the Microsoft Feedback area and request that
future builds of
Messenger have this feature OFF in the services by
default. For the large
offices that use this feature it would be easy for the
IT person to enable
it on the computers that need it. I suspect that the
great majority of users
do no use nor need this feature enabled.

Charles Tomaras
Seattle, WA


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]"
wrote in message
...
Hi Chris,

Like Dean also replied, Messenger will still be fine.
Turning off the
"Messenger Service"
has no effect on MSN or Windows Messenger, it's a
separate
service/application.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Chris" wrote in message
...
hi Jonathan Kay,

if i follow these directions (see your responce to
John)
will i still be able to use windows messenger
(bungled
into winxp pro) to chat with my contacts or will i
have to
download and install msn messenger? and....if i need
to
download and install msn messenger which version
works
best with winxp pro?

thanks,
Chris Locke,
from Maine where even the moose are men.
-----Original Message-----
Greetings John,

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

"John" wrote in message
...
I have downloaded stopmessenger.com and Ad Ware
in an
attempt to stop the popup spam and have not been
able to
stop them. Anybody know how to stop these things?


.





.

Hi Charles,

This is not a MSN or Windows Messenger issue -- this is a Windows issue.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Charles Tomaras" wrote in message
...
Since this question keeps "popping" up with regularity I urge all of you to
go to the Microsoft Feedback area and request that future builds of
Messenger have this feature OFF in the services by default. For the large
offices that use this feature it would be easy for the IT person to enable
it on the computers that need it. I suspect that the great majority of users
do no use nor need this feature enabled.

Charles Tomaras
Seattle, WA


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Hi Chris,

Like Dean also replied, Messenger will still be fine. Turning off the
"Messenger Service"
has no effect on MSN or Windows Messenger, it's a separate
service/application.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Chris" wrote in message
...
hi Jonathan Kay,

if i follow these directions (see your responce to John)
will i still be able to use windows messenger (bungled
into winxp pro) to chat with my contacts or will i have to
download and install msn messenger? and....if i need to
download and install msn messenger which version works
best with winxp pro?

thanks,
Chris Locke,
from Maine where even the moose are men.
-----Original Message-----
Greetings John,

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

"John" wrote in message
...
I have downloaded stopmessenger.com and Ad Ware in an
attempt to stop the popup spam and have not been able to
stop them. Anybody know how to stop these things?


.

Hi Randall,

Glad to be of assistance =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Randall" wrote in message
...
Thanks everybody for the info. I've been looking all
over for a way to disable that message but couldn't find
it any where for a while. Even the knowledge base didn't
point me to the right direction. Any ways thanks again
it was getting on my nerve seeing that spam message.

Randall


-----Original Message-----
Since this question keeps "popping" up with regularity I
urge all of you to
go to the Microsoft Feedback area and request that
future builds of
Messenger have this feature OFF in the services by
default. For the large
offices that use this feature it would be easy for the
IT person to enable
it on the computers that need it. I suspect that the
great majority of users
do no use nor need this feature enabled.

Charles Tomaras
Seattle, WA


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]"
wrote in message
...
Hi Chris,

Like Dean also replied, Messenger will still be fine.
Turning off the
"Messenger Service"
has no effect on MSN or Windows Messenger, it's a
separate
service/application.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Chris" wrote in message
...
hi Jonathan Kay,

if i follow these directions (see your responce to
John)
will i still be able to use windows messenger
(bungled
into winxp pro) to chat with my contacts or will i
have to
download and install msn messenger? and....if i need
to
download and install msn messenger which version
works
best with winxp pro?

thanks,
Chris Locke,
from Maine where even the moose are men.
-----Original Message-----
Greetings John,

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

"John" wrote in message
...
I have downloaded stopmessenger.com and Ad Ware
in an
attempt to stop the popup spam and have not been
able to
stop them. Anybody know how to stop these things?


.





.

hey all,
hey Jonathan,

thanks for the info.
i also looked around a bit, before posting here, without
finding an answer.

keep up the efforts.
Chris
-----Original Message-----
Thanks everybody for the info. I've been looking all
over for a way to disable that message but couldn't find
it any where for a while. Even the knowledge base didn't
point me to the right direction. Any ways thanks again
it was getting on my nerve seeing that spam message.

Randall


-----Original Message-----
Since this question keeps "popping" up with regularity I
urge all of you to
go to the Microsoft Feedback area and request that
future builds of
Messenger have this feature OFF in the services by
default. For the large
offices that use this feature it would be easy for the
IT person to enable
it on the computers that need it. I suspect that the
great majority of users
do no use nor need this feature enabled.

Charles Tomaras
Seattle, WA


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]"
wrote in message
...
Hi Chris,

Like Dean also replied, Messenger will still be fine.
Turning off the
"Messenger Service"
has no effect on MSN or Windows Messenger, it's a
separate
service/application.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Chris" wrote in message
...
hi Jonathan Kay,

if i follow these directions (see your responce to
John)
will i still be able to use windows messenger
(bungled
into winxp pro) to chat with my contacts or will i
have to
download and install msn messenger? and....if i need
to
download and install msn messenger which version
works
best with winxp pro?

thanks,
Chris Locke,
from Maine where even the moose are men.
-----Original Message-----
Greetings John,

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

"John" wrote in message
...
I have downloaded stopmessenger.com and Ad Ware
in an
attempt to stop the popup spam and have not been
able to
stop them. Anybody know how to stop these things?


.





.

.

Hi Chris,

Glad to be of assistance =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Chris" wrote in message
...
hey all,
hey Jonathan,

thanks for the info.
i also looked around a bit, before posting here, without
finding an answer.

keep up the efforts.
Chris
-----Original Message-----
Thanks everybody for the info. I've been looking all
over for a way to disable that message but couldn't find
it any where for a while. Even the knowledge base didn't
point me to the right direction. Any ways thanks again
it was getting on my nerve seeing that spam message.

Randall


-----Original Message-----
Since this question keeps "popping" up with regularity I
urge all of you to
go to the Microsoft Feedback area and request that
future builds of
Messenger have this feature OFF in the services by
default. For the large
offices that use this feature it would be easy for the
IT person to enable
it on the computers that need it. I suspect that the
great majority of users
do no use nor need this feature enabled.

Charles Tomaras
Seattle, WA


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]"
wrote in message
...
Hi Chris,

Like Dean also replied, Messenger will still be fine.
Turning off the
"Messenger Service"
has no effect on MSN or Windows Messenger, it's a
separate
service/application.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Chris" wrote in message
...
hi Jonathan Kay,

if i follow these directions (see your responce to
John)
will i still be able to use windows messenger
(bungled
into winxp pro) to chat with my contacts or will i
have to
download and install msn messenger? and....if i need
to
download and install msn messenger which version
works
best with winxp pro?

thanks,
Chris Locke,
from Maine where even the moose are men.
-----Original Message-----
Greetings John,

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

"John" wrote in message
...
I have downloaded stopmessenger.com and Ad Ware
in an
attempt to stop the popup spam and have not been
able to
stop them. Anybody know how to stop these things?


.





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