msn messenger hijacking

[daniel boorn]

to whom this may concern:

does any one know if there is a patch to stop msn
messenger hijackings. i have had the problem for atlease a
month. the messages are comming from the csrss.exe. if
there is not a patch is there a way of tracking problem to
find a way of stoping it?

thanks,
daniel boorn
csci student
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Bubi Khan]

Just disable the Messenger service (go to Start>Run type 'Services.msc' to
get to the services management console).

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

.....that's the Windows Messenger service, not MSN Messenger (which is an
instant messaging client). Note that even for messenger spam, disabling the
Windows Messenger service is *not* the answer - the real answer is to get a
firewall that blocks those ports. However, I'm not sure that this pertains
to the OP's question..

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

What exactly are you seeing? A lot more info would help. Do you have your
firewall enabled? Do you see any errors in your system or app event logs?