How to Stop these Messenger Pop-Up Ads

[Donisha]

Does anyone know how to stop these messenger pop-up ads?
I read on here that you could load ad-ware for free and I
have done that. However I still get these pop-up ads.
Can anyone help me with this problem? Email me at
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Ken Blake]

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Does anyone know how to stop these messenger pop-up ads?
I read on here that you could load ad-ware for free and I
have done that. However I still get these pop-up ads.
Can anyone help me with this problem?

Ad-aware doesn't help with this. Install a firewall, either the
one which comes with Windows XP, or a better one, such as Zone
Alarm, which comes in a free version.

Email me at
(e-mail address removed)

Sorry, no. No E-mail support.

 

[Willit]

Get a fire wall or turn on the built-in one.

or

If They say "Messenger Service" in the top frame. There
are Several ways to do it.

Disable Method: Start > Run > Type "services.msc" >ok ,
on the services and applications find "Messenger" and
right click on it and choose properties choose "Disable"
in the middle Apply > ok.

or

Start Method : goto Start > Run > Type "msconfig" on the
Start Config. Menu go to Services Tab , go down the list
to "Messenger" uncheck, apply> ok re-boot. you will get a
warning when you re-boot >ok Done.

or

If you don't want it or need it or the Alerter Service
Delete it. Most don't, unless you are on a network, other
than your own. The Alerter Service is used on a network to
send virus alerts. You have to be on a network before
either have any use.

To Delete the Messenger Service:

Go to Start/Run/CMD and type in: sc delete messenger.
Reboot.

or

Or go to Start/Run/Regedit and go to this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\
Messengerservice Delete Key. You can export it in case you
want it again,
then delete. Reboot

 

[P Diddy]

Hi...you also should NOT use your real email address when posting. The
spammers will get a hold of it, and spam you like crazy. Put like "nospam"
in your email address. That was people will know to take it out when
emailing you. Spam...that's why so many posters use fake email addresses.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Does the title bar of these pop-ups read "Messenger Service?"

This type of spam has become quite common over the past several
months, and unintentionally serves as a valid security "alert." It
demonstrates that you haven't been taking sufficient precautions while
connected to the Internet. Your data probably hasn't been compromised
by these specific advertisements, but if you're open to this exploit,
you may well be open to other threats, such as the Blaster Worm that
recently swept cross the Internet. Install and use a decent,
properly configured firewall. (Merely disabling the messenger
service, as some people recommend, only hides the symptom, and does
little or nothing to truly secure your machine.) And ignoring or just
"putting up with" the security gap represented by these messages is
particularly foolish.

Messenger Service of Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;168893

Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement
Appears
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=330904

Stopping Advertisements with Messenger Service Titles
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communicate/stopspam.asp

Blocking Ads, Parasites, and Hijackers with a Hosts File
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Oh, and be especially wary of people who advise you to do nothing
more than disable the messenger service. Disabling the messenger
service, by itself, is a "head in the sand" approach to computer
security. The real problem is _not_ the messenger service pop-ups;
they're actually providing a useful, if annoying, service by acting as
a security alert. The true problem is the unsecured computer, and
you've been advised to merely turn off the warnings. How is this
helpful?


Bruce Chambers

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having both at once. -- RAH

 

[WontTellYou]

Uh Bruce...Willit asked if they were Messenger Service...and gave
suggestions on how the poster could rid themselves of the spam and the
Messenger Service. Ken is an MVP, and suggested a free firewall...Zone
Alarm...remember? And P Diddy suggested not using a real email address.Your
post was not needed, you just wanted to hear yourself talk and to slam other
people.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

And in what world to do you live, that all Usenet messages, and
the replies thereto, get immediately propagated to _all_ news servers
simultaneously, so that everyone sees them all? Even presuming all of
the cited posts had been visible on _my_ news server at the time I
replied, my post would still have served to reinforce the validity of
the other posts. (Any one seeking advice on Usenet would be well
advised to carefully consider all of the advice offered, and to seek
multiple opinions. There are quite a few trolls who deliberately
offer bad and sometimes destructive "advice.")

Point 1: Willit did briefly recommend a firewall, but then confused
the issue by recommending disabling the messenger service. My post
reinforces the fact that disabling the messenger service is not, in
and of itself, any kind of real solution.

Point 2. Yes, Ken is an MVP, and the award is richly deserved. I'm
also an MVP. So what's _your_ point? Are you suggesting that I
should recommend a specific firewall? If so, personally, I've been
very happy with Symantec's Norton Internet Security 2002 (NIS 2004 is
now available), which includes Norton AntiVirus, Norton Personal
Firewall, parental controls, privacy controls, and ad blocking

Point 3. P Diddy's advice, while certainly valuable, was not really
directly relevant to the OP's question. To P Diddy's credit, his
advice was clearly identified as an appendum to the other responses.
You, on the other hand, seem to have overlooked this.

Nowhere in my response to the OP (you did actually read it, didn't
you?) did I "slam other people." I did warn the OP that he/she should
be cautious about accepting bad advice from strangers (no names
mentioned or specific accusations made, nor were any necessary) who
may have a vested interest in keeping other people's computers
vulnerable, and therefore offer only a means of hiding the symptoms.
I provided a simple, generic warning, in other words. Do you object
to my warning the OP that the Internet is not a warm, friendly, or
particularly safe place? If so, why?


Bruce Chambers

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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH

 

[P Diddy]

Say what you want...use how every many words you want....it will not change
the fact that you just want to see your name in print. Mostly it seems that
what you do is let 4 or 5 OTHER posters answer the question, then YOU come
along later taking what THEY said, and putting it in your own words...in
many circles that's called plagiarism. But if you want to see your
name...keep doing what you're doing. I guess it really hurts nobody...but
people are aware of what you are doing, make no mistake. They may not know
all there is to know about computers...but they're not dumb.