How to turn off the advertising

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Martha

Good day to all. Does anyone know how to TURN OFF the
very irritating "Messenger Service" that continuously pops
up advertisements designed to look like the gray dialogue
boxes? This truly annoying software is either attached to
windows XP or to Office 2000, don't know which. Help!
Thanks.
 
Greetings --

Please stop deliberately posting potentially harmful advice.

Disabling the messenger service is a "head in the sand" approach
to computer security that leaves the PC vulnerable to threats such as
the W32.Blaster.Worm.

The real problem is _not_ the messenger service pop-ups; they're
actually providing a useful service by acting as a security alert. The
true problem is the unsecured computer, and you're only
advice, however well-intended, was to turn off the warnings. How is
this helpful?

Equivalent Scenario: You over-exert your shoulder at work or
play, causing bursitis. After weeks of annoying and sometimes
excruciating pain whenever you try to reach over your head, you go to
a doctor and say, while demonstrating the motion, "Doc, it hurts when
I do this." The doctor, being as helpful as you are, replies, "Well,
don't do that."

The only true way to secure the PC, short of disconnecting it from
the Internet, is to install and *properly* configure a firewall; just
installing one and letting it's default settings handle things is no
good. Unfortunately, this does require one to learn a little bit more
about using a computer than used to be necessary.


Bruce Chambers

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Greetings --

Please stop deliberately posting potentially harmful advice.

Disabling the messenger service is a "head in the sand" approach
to computer security that leaves the PC vulnerable to threats such as
the W32.Blaster.Worm.

The real problem is _not_ the messenger service pop-ups; they're
actually providing a useful service by acting as a security alert. The
true problem is the unsecured computer, and you're only
advice, however well-intended, was to turn off the warnings. How is
this helpful?

Equivalent Scenario: You over-exert your shoulder at work or
play, causing bursitis. After weeks of annoying and sometimes
excruciating pain whenever you try to reach over your head, you go to
a doctor and say, while demonstrating the motion, "Doc, it hurts when
I do this." The doctor, being as helpful as you are, replies, "Well,
don't do that."

The only true way to secure the PC, short of disconnecting it from
the Internet, is to install and *properly* configure a firewall; just
installing one and letting it's default settings handle things is no
good. Unfortunately, this does require one to learn a little bit more
about using a computer than used to be necessary.


Bruce Chambers

--
Help us help you:



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

Perhaps not technically "wrong," but they are deliberately harmful
to the OP's computer security.

Bruce Chambers

--
Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
 
It is part of the messenger service. (Not MSN Messenger either) You have
several options, you can disable messenger in the services panel, however,
be aware that this is equivalent to pulling the battery out of your smoke
detector because the noise is bothering you. In other words, if they can
send you messages, what else is open on the net? What else can they do?

You can disable NetBIOS over TCP on your NIC which is what causes this. You
are on the internet with NetBIOS exposed. In other words, any open share is
open to the net.

You can set up a router (hardware firewall) which blocks the port for
NetBIOS, this will allow you to share your files without being exposed to
the world.

You can also get a software firewall such as Zone Alarm
(http://www.zonelabs.com) which is free or you can purchase one.

Hope this helps

Ron
 
Hello,



Thank you for your post.



This Microsoft Knowledge Base Article "Stopping Advertisements with
Messenger Service Titles" describes how to turn off the service:



http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/administration/communications/msgrspam.asp



Best Regards,

Bruce Frank, Microsoft



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