How to stop the Messenger Service

[Cory]

To remove the ability for anyone in the world to pop up
messages on your computer,
you can disable the Messenger service.

1) Click Start->Settings ->Control Panel
2) Click Performance and Maintenance
3) Click Administrative Tools
4) Double click Services
5) Scroll down and highlight "Messenger"
6) Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties
7) Click the STOP button
8) Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll
bar
9) Click OK

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Nice advice, but the wrong approach. This is a bandaid - the computer will
still be vulnerable to things like the little nasty RPC worm we've all been
learning about.

You need a firewall. 'Messenger spam', is not in itself harmful,
but is symptomatic of a larger problem - your computer has ports open from
the Internet.

You can disable the Messenger service, but that is unwise as a solution as
you'll still have the underlying problem that caused you to get the messages
in the first place - consider the messages a useful warning that you have no
protection from the Internet. You need a firewall. 'Messenger spam', is not
in itself harmful, but is symptomatic of a larger problem - your computer
has ports open from the Internet.

You can disable the Messenger service, but that is unwise as a solution as
you'll still have the underlying problem that caused you to get the messages
in the first place - consider the messages a useful warning that you have no
protection from the Internet.

For a standalone machine, see www.sygate.com for a free personal firewall.

See http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm for more info.


For a standalone machine, see www.sygate.com for a free personal firewall.

See http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm for more info.