Popup Ad on desktop

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The popup "Messenger Service" ad that is trying to sell a
program to prevent popups continually popups on my
desktop, in my word documents, etc. T he message
says "Message Alert Service To Computer User. To Stop
Messaenger Popups and advertisements bo t o www.enads,com
to get your software in minutes".
I went to an HP website and found out that "This annoying
form of advertising is sent to your computer through a
built in feature that was included in Windows 2000, NT,
and XP. Is there any way that I can get this thing removed?
 
Did you ever get an answer to this absurd thing Microsoft
did? I too would like to get rid of this annoying thing.
Can you email me at (e-mail address removed)

Thanks
Jayne
 
Did you ever get an answer to this absurd thing Microsoft
did? I too would like to get rid of this annoying thing.
Can you email me at (e-mail address removed)

Thanks
Jayne
 
Greetings Jayne,

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
 
Did you get a reply on this issue yet! I have the same
exact problem. If you get a fix, please e-mail it to
me. Thanks!!!!
 
Thank you all so much. I've been receiving the very same
annoying messages.
-----Original Message-----
Greetings,

What you're seeing is the Messenger service built-in to
Click to expand...
Windows, *not* Windows Messenger
(which are two different things) which spammers are
Click to expand...
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
Click to expand...
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
Click to expand...
type, choose 'Disabled' and then
choose the 'Stop' button. After the service is stopped,
Click to expand...
click OK. Nothing in Windows or any
 
Many, many thanks to you Jonathan. I have always been
getting bugged with this issue and just followed your
instructions. Hopefully it will elimintae the problem,
which I'll find out shortly since I get those damn
messages every 30 minutes or so.

Kevin
-----Original Message-----
Greetings Jayne,

What you're seeing is the Messenger service built-in to
Click to expand...
Windows, *not* Windows Messenger
(which are two different things) which spammers are
Click to expand...
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
Click to expand...
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
Click to expand...
type, choose 'Disabled' and then
choose the 'Stop' button. After the service is stopped,
Click to expand...
click OK. Nothing in Windows or any
 
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