Messenger Service Pop-Ups

[kirk p]

Does anyone know how to get rid of the popup ads that
come through windows, and you have to click "ok" to get
rid of them? On the top is says "Windows Messenger
Service" and its trying to direct you to pages like
www.killmessenger.com, etc. I work from home on my
computer and these things are driving me crazy. I didnt
have this problem until I loaded windows XP.
Kirk
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Kirk,

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

 

[J LANE]

-----Original Message-----
Does anyone know how to get rid of the popup ads that
come through windows, and you have to click "ok" to get
rid of them? On the top is says "Windows Messenger
Service" and its trying to direct you to pages like
www.killmessenger.com, etc. I work from home on my
computer and these things are driving me crazy. I didnt
have this problem until I loaded windows XP.
Kirk
(e-mail address removed)
.
GO TO THIS SITE

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