Popup Ad on desktop

The popup "Messenger Service" ad that is trying to sell a
program to prevent popups continually popups on my
desktop, in my word documents, etc. T he message
says "Message Alert Service To Computer User. To Stop
Messaenger Popups and advertisements bo t o www.enads,com
to get your software in minutes".
I went to an HP website and found out that "This annoying
form of advertising is sent to your computer through a
built in feature that was included in Windows 2000, NT,
and XP. Is there any way that I can get this thing removed?

Did you ever get an answer to this absurd thing Microsoft
did? I too would like to get rid of this annoying thing.
Can you email me at rogers_t@sbcglobal.net

Thanks
Jayne

>-----Original Message-----
>The popup "Messenger Service" ad that is trying to sell a
>program to prevent popups continually popups on my
>desktop, in my word documents, etc. T he message
>says "Message Alert Service To Computer User. To Stop
>Messaenger Popups and advertisements bo t o www.enads,com
>to get your software in minutes".
>I went to an HP website and found out that "This annoying
>form of advertising is sent to your computer through a
>built in feature that was included in Windows 2000, NT,
>and XP. Is there any way that I can get this thing
removed?
>.
>

Did you ever get an answer to this absurd thing Microsoft
did? I too would like to get rid of this annoying thing.
Can you email me at rogers_t@sbcglobal.net

Thanks
Jayne

>-----Original Message-----
>The popup "Messenger Service" ad that is trying to sell a
>program to prevent popups continually popups on my
>desktop, in my word documents, etc. T he message
>says "Message Alert Service To Computer User. To Stop
>Messaenger Popups and advertisements bo t o www.enads,com
>to get your software in minutes".
>I went to an HP website and found out that "This annoying
>form of advertising is sent to your computer through a
>built in feature that was included in Windows 2000, NT,
>and XP. Is there any way that I can get this thing
removed?
>.
>

Greetings Jayne,

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

"Jayne Rogers" <rogers_t@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:050301c365c9$8ade6b50$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Did you ever get an answer to this absurd thing Microsoft
> did? I too would like to get rid of this annoying thing.
> Can you email me at rogers_t@sbcglobal.net
>
> Thanks
> Jayne
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >The popup "Messenger Service" ad that is trying to sell a
> >program to prevent popups continually popups on my
> >desktop, in my word documents, etc. T he message
> >says "Message Alert Service To Computer User. To Stop
> >Messaenger Popups and advertisements bo t o www.enads,com
> >to get your software in minutes".
> >I went to an HP website and found out that "This annoying
> >form of advertising is sent to your computer through a
> >built in feature that was included in Windows 2000, NT,
> >and XP. Is there any way that I can get this thing
> removed?
> >.
> >

Did you get a reply on this issue yet! I have the same
exact problem. If you get a fix, please e-mail it to
me. Thanks!!!!
>-----Original Message-----
>The popup "Messenger Service" ad that is trying to sell
a
>program to prevent popups continually popups on my
>desktop, in my word documents, etc. T he message
>says "Message Alert Service To Computer User. To Stop
>Messaenger Popups and advertisements bo t o
www.enads,com
>to get your software in minutes".
>I went to an HP website and found out that "This
annoying
>form of advertising is sent to your computer through a
>built in feature that was included in Windows 2000, NT,
>and XP. Is there any way that I can get this thing
removed?
>.
>

Thank you all so much. I've been receiving the very same
annoying messages.
>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings,
>
>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
>
>"Sistersue" <isem@pacbell.net> wrote in message
>news:033501c365ba$b6a8e3f0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> The popup "Messenger Service" ad that is trying to
sell a
>> program to prevent popups continually popups on my
>> desktop, in my word documents, etc. T he message
>> says "Message Alert Service To Computer User. To Stop
>> Messaenger Popups and advertisements bo t o
www.enads,com
>> to get your software in minutes".
>> I went to an HP website and found out that "This
annoying
>> form of advertising is sent to your computer through a
>> built in feature that was included in Windows 2000, NT,
>> and XP. Is there any way that I can get this thing
removed?
>
>
>.
>

Many, many thanks to you Jonathan. I have always been
getting bugged with this issue and just followed your
instructions. Hopefully it will elimintae the problem,
which I'll find out shortly since I get those damn
messages every 30 minutes or so.

Kevin

>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Jayne,
>
>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
>
>"Jayne Rogers" <rogers_t@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>news:050301c365c9$8ade6b50$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> Did you ever get an answer to this absurd thing
Microsoft
>> did? I too would like to get rid of this annoying
thing.
>> Can you email me at rogers_t@sbcglobal.net
>>
>> Thanks
>> Jayne
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >The popup "Messenger Service" ad that is trying to
sell a
>> >program to prevent popups continually popups on my
>> >desktop, in my word documents, etc. T he message
>> >says "Message Alert Service To Computer User. To Stop
>> >Messaenger Popups and advertisements bo t o
www.enads,com
>> >to get your software in minutes".
>> >I went to an HP website and found out that "This
annoying
>> >form of advertising is sent to your computer through a
>> >built in feature that was included in Windows 2000,
NT,
>> >and XP. Is there any way that I can get this thing
>> removed?
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

Hi Kevin,

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



"Kevin S" <ksilva@nc.rr.com> wrote in message news:007201c3665f$3208a720$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>
>
> Many, many thanks to you Jonathan. I have always been
> getting bugged with this issue and just followed your
> instructions. Hopefully it will elimintae the problem,
> which I'll find out shortly since I get those damn
> messages every 30 minutes or so.
>
> Kevin
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings Jayne,
> >
> >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
> >
> >"Jayne Rogers" <rogers_t@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> >news:050301c365c9$8ade6b50$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Did you ever get an answer to this absurd thing
> Microsoft
> >> did? I too would like to get rid of this annoying
> thing.
> >> Can you email me at rogers_t@sbcglobal.net
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Jayne
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >The popup "Messenger Service" ad that is trying to
> sell a
> >> >program to prevent popups continually popups on my
> >> >desktop, in my word documents, etc. T he message
> >> >says "Message Alert Service To Computer User. To Stop
> >> >Messaenger Popups and advertisements bo t o
> www.enads,com
> >> >to get your software in minutes".
> >> >I went to an HP website and found out that "This
> annoying
> >> >form of advertising is sent to your computer through a
> >> >built in feature that was included in Windows 2000,
> NT,
> >> >and XP. Is there any way that I can get this thing
> >> removed?
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >

Hi,

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



"Pops Must Go!" <whubbar1@midsouth.rr.com> wrote in message
news:094401c365f8$ad024dd0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Thank you all so much. I've been receiving the very same
> annoying messages.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings,
> >
> >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
> >
> >"Sistersue" <isem@pacbell.net> wrote in message
> >news:033501c365ba$b6a8e3f0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> >> The popup "Messenger Service" ad that is trying to
> sell a
> >> program to prevent popups continually popups on my
> >> desktop, in my word documents, etc. T he message
> >> says "Message Alert Service To Computer User. To Stop
> >> Messaenger Popups and advertisements bo t o
> www.enads,com
> >> to get your software in minutes".
> >> I went to an HP website and found out that "This
> annoying
> >> form of advertising is sent to your computer through a
> >> built in feature that was included in Windows 2000, NT,
> >> and XP. Is there any way that I can get this thing
> removed?
> >
> >
> >.
> >