How to stop the Messenger Service

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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
 
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.
 
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