Messenger Service Pop-Ups

[Jack K]

While working either in MS Office or while using MS
Internet Explorer, I am constantly hit with pop-up
advertisements in grey "Messenger Service" boxes. Most
are ads for how to do away with these particular pop-ups,
but others run the whole laundry list of ads.

Is this a MS problem as indicated by some of the messages
in the boxes and if so, what is the MS fix without buying
their advertised solution, or is there no MS fix and a
commercial product will have to be purchased and
installed?

Any help is appreciated.

 

[YK]

While working either in MS Office or while using MS
Internet Explorer, I am constantly hit with pop-up
advertisements in grey "Messenger Service" boxes. Most
are ads for how to do away with these particular pop-ups,
but others run the whole laundry list of ads.

Is this a MS problem as indicated by some of the messages
in the boxes and if so, what is the MS fix without buying
their advertised solution, or is there no MS fix and a
commercial product will have to be purchased and
installed?

Any help is appreciated.

This topic has been answered many many times before.
Get a firewall like Kerio or ZoneAlarm
http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#stop
http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#pop-ups

 

[siljaline]

While working either in MS Office or while using MS
Internet Explorer, I am constantly hit with pop-up
advertisements in grey "Messenger Service" boxes. Most
are ads for how to do away with these particular pop-ups,
but others run the whole laundry list of ads.

Is this a MS problem as indicated by some of the messages
in the boxes and if so, what is the MS fix without buying
their advertised solution, or is there no MS fix and a
commercial product will have to be purchased and
installed?

Any help is appreciated.

http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/spam/messenger.php

HTH


--
siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

While working either in MS Office or while using MS
Internet Explorer, I am constantly hit with pop-up
advertisements in grey "Messenger Service" boxes. Most
are ads for how to do away with these particular pop-ups,
but others run the whole laundry list of ads.

Is this a MS problem as indicated by some of the messages
in the boxes and if so, what is the MS fix without buying
their advertised solution, or is there no MS fix and a
commercial product will have to be purchased and
installed?

Any help is appreciated.

Applying the WinXP firewall to your connection will stop these.