"Pop-ups"

[barbara]

How can I get rid of these annoying Pop-ups?

 

[George]

If you learn anything, PLEASE email the solution to me. I
have been geeting unsolicited ads as messenger popups,
even after I have disconnected from the Internet. For
some background on this refer to www.popuppadlock.com

That company is selling software to block popups and to
advertise it they resorted to using unsolicited messenger
popups! Needless to say, I won't be buying their product.

George

 

[rickm]

If you learn anything, PLEASE email the solution to me. I
have been geeting unsolicited ads as messenger popups,
even after I have disconnected from the Internet. For
some background on this refer to www.popuppadlock.com

If you're still receiving random popups, you might have spyware on your
system. Run Adaware (www.lavasoftusa.com) and Spybot
(http://security.kolla.de/) to see what the culprits are.

 

[Valentin]

Start - RUN = Services , go to MESSENGER and click on
STOP. And cose from Pull down menu DISABLE.

You will not receive any more messages.

Valentin

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Barbara,

Do these "pop-ups" that are appearing have "Messenger Service" in their titlebar? If so, 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