Disabling msmsgs.exe from running

[Guest]

I have diabled Windows Messenger service from running through the Services
console+disabled it from the messenger's options as well. The process was not
appearing earlier but after the recent windows update, this process keeps on
running and hogs the memory.It restarts after it is manually stopped.
I searched the windows for the exe and found only this entry in Windows
Prefetch folder"MSMSGS.EXE-2B6052DE.pf".Any ideas how can I get rid of this
process. Thanx

 

[Guest]

Jake,
Stopping "Windows" Messenger is easy, if you happen to be using ZoneAlarm
Pro (I don't know if the same applies to the free ZoneAlarm).
Program Control I Programs Tab I Trust Level Column I left click opposite
Windows Messenger and select "Kill".
A dialog box will warn you that the program will not run again until ....
Select "Yes" and exit.
Probably "MSN" Messenger could be killed the same way.
Good luck!

 

[Guest]

Try this.

Open an Command Prompt (Start >> All Programs >> Accessories >> Command
Prompt )

Type "C:\Documents and Settings\zzz459a>RunDll32
advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%
\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove" and hit enter. This will remove Msn messenger
4.X (or Msmsgs.exe ) from your system.

This wil normaly fix your problem
I hope this helps u

 

[Guest]

hehe

"RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir% \INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove"

Will work better

 

[Kerry Brown]

I have diabled Windows Messenger service from running through the
Services console+disabled it from the messenger's options as well.
The process was not appearing earlier but after the recent windows
update, this process keeps on running and hogs the memory.It restarts
after it is manually stopped.
I searched the windows for the exe and found only this entry in
Windows Prefetch folder"MSMSGS.EXE-2B6052DE.pf".Any ideas how can I
get rid of this process. Thanx

The Windows Messenger service and Microsoft Messenger are two different
entities. Unfortunately Microsoft picked very similar names. One is a
service and one is a program. Which one is causing the problem? Does the
Messenger service restart or does the Messenger program restart? If it's the
program some of the other posts in the thread tell you how to stop it. If
it's the service it's likely some malware has infected your computer.

Kerry

 

[Guest]

Msn Messenger is disabled and also I have disabled the service and it is not
running. But in Task Manager their is a process by the name msmsgs.exe which
is hogging a lot of memory. And it does not seem to quit even after manually
stopping it. Checked my pc with NORTON AV, SpyBot as well as Ad- Aware and
they have given it a clean bill. I searched the exe in Windows and found it
in Windows Prefetch directory. And yes it is not connecting to internet as I
have disabled all unnecessary internet connections thru Zone Alarm.I am not
sure what to do now.

 

[Kerry Brown]

Msmsgs.exe is yet another Microsoft program called Messenger. It is Windows
Messenger as opposed to MSN Messenger. You must disable it in Outlook
Express as well as running Windows Messenger itself and ticking off several
options there as well. I can't remember them all off the top of my head but
it's fairly obvious once you are on the right screen.

Merry Christmas, Kerry

 

[Kerry Brown]

Forgot to mention in my other post. Many viruses also use this name. Stop
the process and scan your computer again.

Kerry

 

[Guest]

hey jake,
try this: open the registry editor by clicking on start->run and then type
in regedit and press enter.

what you have in front of you now is the windows registry editor. move with
complete caution because you can mess up your computer big time if you dont
follow the steps as mentioned.

Now scroll down to the HKey_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current
Version\Run and now on the right pane you should have a few entries. Check if
you have msmsgs entry there. If you do just right click on it and select
delete. If you dont then move on to the next step otherwise restart your
computer and check if you have that process running.

Now the next step if you dint find it in the previous step you are sure to
find t here. In the registry editor now you need to go to
HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. Check here
you will find it. Just right click on it and select delete.

That's it!!

Now restart your system to check if you have that process running.

Do tell me if this helps
yogi

 

[Guest]

Just skipped this part. To disable it from Outlook Express follow these steps:
1>Open OE and then click on tools menu->then choose the options option.
2>Now on the general tab you will have an option that says Automatically log
on to windows messenger. Just uncheck that and then restart your computer.
You should not have it running around anymore. But if you still do just end
it and it will not restart.

Hope this helps
yogi

 

[Guest]

Hi Yogi,

I checked both of the entries in the Registry but there is no Windows
Messenger listed.I have already disabled the entry from Outlook Express. I
dunno even then it does not seem to work. Got a full scan of the pc today
after getting the latest Virus Def.s Tried SpyBot and Ad Aware also......
Sorry for bugging u ppl so much.
Thanks...

 

[Guest]

Hey Jake,
Try this:
1>Search for the file msmsgs.exe on your computer. There could be multiple
copies of it so dont stop the search before it is complete. It should only be
present under program files\messenger and the file size should be 1.6MB. You
may find another search result under prefetch, you can ignore that. Apart
from this if you find anything else then follow step 2.(My guess -> step2
will need to be followed)
2>Download this antivirus software listed below, install and do a full
system scan. This not to say the ones that you already have are bad but every
software has its own way of functioning. The time for which i have used this
software it has given me no problems what so ever and cleans out all known as
well as unknown viruses(for an eg it cleaned out the supposedly invisible
version of subseven so i consider it to be able to do so).

Antivir: www.free-av.com

Hope this helps
yogi