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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Windows Messenger / August 2003Little Gray Messenger Popups
How do these Guys get into XP with these messeger popups wanting you to pay to keep them out. And How do I stop them????????? Greetings Bobby, 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 > How do these Guys get into XP with these messeger popups > wanting you to pay to keep them out. And How do I stop > them????????? Thank you, Jonathan. I just bought a new computer and effectively upgraded from Windows 95 where I never had this problem. At first, about a month ago, I was getting one or two pop- ups a day. Now it is four or five an hour. I've implemented your instructions. Hope it works. >-----Original Message----- >Greetings Bobby, [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >. Hi Brian, It will work =). Windows 95 didn't have this service, it's only in Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Windows MVP, Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com > Thank you, Jonathan. > [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > > >. What port are they using? Can they be stopped with a firewall? > Greetings Bobby, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > 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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