McAfee and msmsgs.exe

[Dave]

I have disabled Messenger 4.7 but not removed it as I
still want to use Remote Assistance with MSN messenger
6.1. Hoever msmsgs.exe still loads when I switch on my
computer. I know it is related to McAfee Ver 8 as when
this is disabled it doesn't load. McAfee has a box in
the settings in messnenger that CANNOT be disabled (and
McAfee say this is meant as a feature NOT to be able to
diasable it) but this then causes conflicts between
Windows and MSN Messengers. Does anyone know of a way to
STOP MCAfee running MSMSGS.EXE ? If I end the process
msmsgs.exe after both are loaded, then quit messenger and
restart it- for some reason it doesn't seem to reload it
yet if I disable MSN Messenger on windows startup and
then load it manually it opens msmsgs.exe as well
(obviously only with mcafee running as it is disabled
from normal use). This is driving me nuts and there must
be a work around - answer should come from Mcafee I know
(this isn't what it was meant to do I'm sure) - it should
protect only the messenger you want to use. Another
solution would be for Microsoft to enable Remote
assistance with MSN Messenger without the use of
msmsgs.exe so that Windows Messenger couyld be completely
removed !

Dave

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Dave,

Norton Antivirus also has a similar feature which does exactly the same, but I haven't yet
obtained a copy of McAfee 8 to even try to disable this yet (maybe sometime today or tomorrow
I'll have a chance).

Remote Assistance is a Windows component, and as such, neither the Windows Messenger nor MSN
Messenger teams can change how it behaves. This being said, you won't see this restriction
"go away" until the next version of Windows (not sure if XP Service Pack 2 will remove this
restriction yet).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[Dave]

OK, I will keep an eye on here for when you do get the
chance to try McAfee - hopefully you can work out how to
stop it loading msmsgs.exe! Turning off the instant
messenger checking has no effect and it is permanently
enabled in the MSN Messenger by default (i.e. you can
untick it but then when you check it is ticked again!) -
alledgedly a feature not a bug!

Heres hoping, Dave

-----Original Message-----
Greetings Dave,

Norton Antivirus also has a similar feature which does

exactly the same, but I haven't yet

obtained a copy of McAfee 8 to even try to disable this

yet (maybe sometime today or tomorrow

I'll have a chance).

Remote Assistance is a Windows component, and as such,

neither the Windows Messenger nor MSN

Messenger teams can change how it behaves. This being

said, you won't see this restriction

"go away" until the next version of Windows (not sure if

XP Service Pack 2 will remove this