Help with Pop Ups

[Lisa B.]

I want to stop the annoying Pop Up ads that appear when I
am logged onto XP. I tried to uninstall Windows
Messenger, but that did not solve the problem.

Help!

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Lisa,

Do these "pop-ups" that are appearing have "Messenger Service" in their titlebar? If so, what
you're seeing is the Messenger service built-in to Windows, *not* Windows Messenger (which
are two different things) which spammers are exploiting -- this is not Microsoft, nor can
Microsoft control them anymore then they can control spam to your e-mail inbox.

To get rid of these pop ups, you'll need to disable the "Messenger Service", click Start,
then Run, enter "services.msc" and click OK. Scroll down to "Messenger", select it,
right-click and then choose Properties. Under startup type, choose 'Disabled' and then
choose the 'Stop' button. After the service is stopped, click OK. Nothing in Windows or any
real third-party applications should be effected by this.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[Guest]

Look down the list. There are multiple responses to this
subject.

 

[Mack]

Lisa


Disabling the Messenger service will stop you seeing these
popups, but your ports are still wide open to hackers.

The very best way to deal with this is to install a
Firewall - I use Sygate which is very good and FREE!!

Go to www.sygate.com and down load the Personal Firewall.

It takes a small amount of time to configure when you start
using it, but it couldn't be easier.

Mack

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Ryan,

Thanks =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[J LANE]

-----Original Message-----
I want to stop the annoying Pop Up ads that appear when I
am logged onto XP. I tried to uninstall Windows
Messenger, but that did not solve the problem.

Help!
.
GO TO THIS SITE

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communi
cate/stopspam.asp