Spam coming in via Messenger - how to stop it?

[Gweg]

I keep getting popups I believe are coming through
messenger and see no way to cut them off. I set my
contact list to block all users I haven't listed and
it doesn't work. To top it off I get an ad from the link
below trying to get a fee for software to cut it off.
Any help on how to do it myself? Or maybe the correct
address so I can mail microsoft and tell them I don't
appreciate them facilitating spammers?

http://www.byebyeads.com/

Greg

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Greg,

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.
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Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
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