pop up windows

thanks for this, I have been tearing my hair out over the
last couple of months getting these annoying messages,
hopefully now I can get on with my work!!!

Julia

>-----Original Message-----
>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.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I keep getting pop up windows informing me my ip
address
>>is being sent out and to go to a web site to stop them.
>>If we leave our computer on we get a lot of messenger
>>windows.
>>How do I stopp these?
>>
>>Thank you,
>>Mike
>>.
>>
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