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Old April 7th 04, 03:11 PM
Charliec
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Jonathan,
I found the OP in this topic and saw were my problem was. I unchecked the
Instant Messenger in Norton Antivirus and the activity has stopped. Thanks
so much for your suggestions. I've been trying to solve this for months!
Charlie

Charliec wrote:


Jonathan,
I, too, am trying to get Windows Messenger to stop running. I do not use
it, but every few seconds it is attempting to access the Internet. I have
unchecked everything I can in Outlook Express/Tools/Instant Messenger
Options, but it still appears to be running.

I use Norton Internet Security and if I check the Statistics/View
Logs/Firewall, there are constant occurences of the following:

An instance of "c:\program files\messenger/msmsgs.exe" is preparing to
access the internet.

This occurence is every minutes and a half to 2 minutes. What do I need to
do to get this to stop? I checked in Norton Antivirus/Options/Instance
Messenger and the only thing checked in messengers to protect is "Instant
Messenger (it does not say MSN Instant Messenger)".

Any help with this is greatly appreciated.
Charlie

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:


Greetings Tetawon,

Actually Messenger on its own won't do this. Do you have Norton Antivirus installed? Recent
versions of Norton Antivirus added a new "instant messaging scanning" feature, which can
conflict with Windows Messenger and cause it to display this behavior. To stop it, open
Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the Norton Antivirus icon in the System Tray/Notification
Area (by the clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'), click Options, then Instant Messenger
then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger and click OK.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Tetawon" wrote in message ...
I have XP Home and Windows Messenger 4.7.0041. I
discovered that messenger does not actually uninstall in
the add/remove option, as just removes the selection from
the startup menu.

The problem is that messenger continually attempts
accessing the internet, filling up my firewall alert
activity logs. How do I stop this constant attempt by
messenger to access the internet or remove messenger from
my pc?

Thanks,




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  #32  
Old April 7th 04, 03:20 PM
Jonathan Kay [MVP]
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Default messenger 's constant access attempt

Hi Charlie,

You're very welcome =)
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Charliec" wrote in message
...
Jonathan,
I found the OP in this topic and saw were my problem was. I unchecked the
Instant Messenger in Norton Antivirus and the activity has stopped. Thanks
so much for your suggestions. I've been trying to solve this for months!
Charlie

Charliec wrote:


Jonathan,
I, too, am trying to get Windows Messenger to stop running. I do not use
it, but every few seconds it is attempting to access the Internet. I have
unchecked everything I can in Outlook Express/Tools/Instant Messenger
Options, but it still appears to be running.

I use Norton Internet Security and if I check the Statistics/View
Logs/Firewall, there are constant occurences of the following:

An instance of "c:\program files\messenger/msmsgs.exe" is preparing to
access the internet.

This occurence is every minutes and a half to 2 minutes. What do I need to
do to get this to stop? I checked in Norton Antivirus/Options/Instance
Messenger and the only thing checked in messengers to protect is "Instant
Messenger (it does not say MSN Instant Messenger)".

Any help with this is greatly appreciated.
Charlie

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:


Greetings Tetawon,

Actually Messenger on its own won't do this. Do you have Norton Antivirus installed?
Recent
versions of Norton Antivirus added a new "instant messaging scanning" feature, which can
conflict with Windows Messenger and cause it to display this behavior. To stop it, open
Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the Norton Antivirus icon in the System Tray/Notification
Area (by the clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'), click Options, then Instant
Messenger
then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger and click OK.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Tetawon" wrote in message
.. .
I have XP Home and Windows Messenger 4.7.0041. I
discovered that messenger does not actually uninstall in
the add/remove option, as just removes the selection from
the startup menu.

The problem is that messenger continually attempts
accessing the internet, filling up my firewall alert
activity logs. How do I stop this constant attempt by
messenger to access the internet or remove messenger from
my pc?

Thanks,




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Charliec
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  #33  
Old April 7th 04, 04:22 PM
More2Learn
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Default messenger 's constant access attempt

Hi Jonathan!

I think my situation might contradict the idea that
Messenger won't do it on its own. I have Windows Msgr.
(came installed on my laptop w/XP) and MSN Msgr. that I
downloaded and use exclusively. The Windows version
appears to run regardless of not being opened, repeatedly
trying to connect to the internet behind the scenes
(every hour--sometimes more than 2000 tries). I use
ZoneAlarm Pro along with NAV and have never had that
problem with MSN Msgr.--when it's off, it's off. WMsgr is
the program that never dies. I have changed as many
settings as I can, including trying to end the process in
Task Manager--like some monster, it comes to life all by
itself, over and over again.

There is no icon for it in the task bar (it IS in the All
Programs listing), and as so many have noted, no way to
delete it since it isn't listed in the add/remove
programs area of the Control Panel. Turning off NAV's
messenger scanning may remove the constant listings, but
seemingly not the problem (plus, it seems like that
leaves one vulnerable to bugs online...just a thought).
When MSNMsgr is off it doesn't show up in the "active"
column in the ZAP Program Control listing...WMsgr
does...no matter what I do. I have been searching for a
way to "kill" the Windows version, which is what led me
to this posting.

I just wanted to let you know that indeed, WMsgr DOES
seem to have its own "life force"--as long as my computer
is running, WMsgr is too. It's made me worry that maybe
there is a worm/Trojan/virus to blame for its persistent
nature, but so far nothing has been detected (I
understand that some things can get by AV software scans,
but I do what I can). By the way, WMsgr usually uses the
same Destination IP (mine, and a variation of it--same
port #), but at times switches to a different one, if
that means anything. I have it completely blocked from
internet access, but that hasn't deterred it...nothing
has.

Seems like by now Microsoft would have come up with some
sort of solution, since it doesn't appear to be an
isolated kind of thing...oh well. Thanks for your
postings here--I hope this was helpful...sorry for the
long-winded post.



-----Original Message-----
Greetings Tetawon,

Actually Messenger on its own won't do this. Do you have

Norton Antivirus installed? Recent
versions of Norton Antivirus added a new "instant

messaging scanning" feature, which can
conflict with Windows Messenger and cause it to display

this behavior. To stop it, open
Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the Norton Antivirus

icon in the System Tray/Notification
Area (by the clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'),

click Options, then Instant Messenger
then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger and click OK.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Tetawon" wrote in message

...
I have XP Home and Windows Messenger 4.7.0041. I
discovered that messenger does not actually uninstall

in
the add/remove option, as just removes the selection

from
the startup menu.

The problem is that messenger continually attempts
accessing the internet, filling up my firewall alert
activity logs. How do I stop this constant attempt by
messenger to access the internet or remove messenger

from
my pc?

Thanks,




.

 




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