spam on messenger

[mjl]

How do I stop the spam pop-up boxes on messenger? I just
installed XP and now I have all these spam boxes popping
up every two minutes. I'd like to give Mr. Gates a huge
piece of my mind right now!!!

 

[Mike]

Use a firewall..

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings mjl,

Do these "popups" 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, 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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[cat4110]

-----Original Message-----
How do I stop the spam pop-up boxes on messenger? I just
installed XP and now I have all these spam boxes popping
up every two minutes. I'd like to give Mr. Gates a huge
piece of my mind right now!!!
.
I have the same problem. They ask for your SCREEN NAME

AND PASSWORD then all i get is spam..flooded with it. I
can't sign to Windows on because of this. I need to
delete dial-up networking and cannot find how to do this.
Any suggestion would be much appreciated. Thanks