Messenger Constantly trying to Access Internet

[Mike M.]

Hi,

I've turned off Messenger AND uninstalled it as well as
turned it off in services.msg, and dis-allowed it to run
in the background. However, about every 2 minutes, my
Norton Personal Firewall (2003) detects an attempt to
connect to the internet and displays the following
description:
Details: An instance of "C:\Program
Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" is preparing to access the
Internet for the first time

How do I keep Messenger from continually trying to gain
Internet access? This has become very annoying!

Mike M

 

[Guest]

I think ur computer infect the Virus.Did Norton find out which virus

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Mike,

Actually what you're seeing is a result of Norton Antivirus 2003's Messenger protection.
Norton added a new "instant messaging scanning" feature to Norton Antivirus 2003, which can
conflict with Messenger and cause some of this behavior. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus
(Right-click on the Norton Antivirus icon in the System Tray/Notification Area (by the
clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'), click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck
MSN Instant Messenger and click OK.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[Mike]

Sorry for taking so long to reply, but I've just followed
your advice, and MSN Messenger was already unchecked --
???

-----Original Message-----
Greetings Mike,

Actually what you're seeing is a result of Norton

Antivirus 2003's Messenger protection.

Norton added a new "instant messaging scanning" feature

to Norton Antivirus 2003, which can

conflict with Messenger and cause some of this behavior.

To stop it, open Norton Antivirus

(Right-click on the Norton Antivirus icon in the System Tray/Notification Area (by the
clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'), click Options,

then Instant Messenger then uncheck