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Be especially wary of people who would insist on having you keep the Messenger Service on as a "helpful feature" and conveniently forgetting to inform you I don't think that anyone's "insisted on having you keep the Messenger Service on". I've _suggested_ that people use it as a really simple measure that lets

Turning off Messenger Service
If you don't already have the software, just go to http://messenger.msn. com/friend/default.asp to go to the MSN Messenger Service web site at to get more information and to install it. Once you've installed MSN Messenger Service, add me to your list of contacts: my e-mail address is astronomy3...@hotmail.com.

Is messenger down today????
When connected to the net I keep on getting pop up messages from "Messenger service", all spam ones. I've tried disabling Windows Messenger and had no luck. The only process running in Task Manager that bears any resemblense is "LTSMMSG.EXE" Could this be it ? Thanks, Mike. GSF1200 2002' Email spamtrapped.

Disabling "Messenger Service"
Does anyone know how to turn of Messenger Service Popups? Every now and then, I would get a popup dialog names Messenger Service, which contains text information about miscellaneous advertisements. Please do not mistake this Messenger Service for MSN Instant Messenger. If you've experienced this annoying Messenger

messenger service pop ups
Disabling the Messenger Service is saying "my computer is insecure, and I know, but I don't care". Messenger advertisements mean anyone in the world can access that machine, and the machine needs to be secured -- --Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server] http://www.imbored.biz - A Windows Server 2003 visual

O/T- Messenger Service pop ups
Kinsella's messenger service has so far signed up only one terminally ill patient, a male friend with liver disease. He says his friend, whose prognosis is grim, is "fully cognitive". HE acknowledges he needs more messengers, but says he doesn't actively recruit and has no interest in doing so.

Turning off Messenger Service
Gary Tsang gtsangDEL...@MEaumha.org microsoft public windowsxp messenger Yup, What Jon says is correct. The messenger service may be useful for network administrators on a large local area network where they might want to broadcast a message to all the users saying that the network will be down for the next few

What is Messenger Service?
frank fbedo...@cotopaxi.com.mx microsoft public win2000 general late october a company starts to send spam throught pop ups to stop this Start, control panel, admin tools, services check messenger service, right click and stop that service change startup state from automatic to disabled the messenger service is not

How do I disable XP Messenger service pop up windows?
Amethyst ameth...@hotmail.com microsoft public windowsxp messenger Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote: Greetings Scott, 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

Messenger Service To The Dead
If it is, then that sounds like a Messenger Service PopUp - But that *isn't* anything at all to do with the M$N Messenger Instant Messaging thing. Spammers have started sending those messages to unprotected machines on the internet. That service was originally designed so that System Administrators could send

Live services and MSN messenger service is DOWN
This may be an alternative to shutting down the Messenger service altogether if that causes local problems. I've seen some people say it might be used for things like spooler messages. Of course, if the Messenger service functionality is desired from remote systems, access will have to be controlled via an external

How to Kill "Messenger Service?"
"Bruce Chambers" wrote: Dr. Indera wrote: hello, i know that the rule of thumb is to turn this service off at home, which i did, but i can't remember why. The only applicable "rule of thumb" that might apply to disabling the messenger service is the general principle of disabling services that are not used or

Windows XP - Windows Messenger, MSN Messenger and the Messenger ...
Boo put the gin bottle down and tell me how to get rid of messenger service popups. Hi Harry ;-) I *think* these may be the big messenger service ...the one that is normally used in companies to send messages to all the pootas on the network. From what I have read, spam type people have been using them to send all

O/T Porn messenger services
They are running it on WINDOWS SERVER!!!! lol For crying out loud.. host the service on UNIX and cut the crap... and get some of those yahoo messenger gurus now that you (microsoft) are going to buy Yahoo.... at least THEY (yahoo) know what they are doing... Yahoo messenger never has such problems Seems to me that

messenger service
relic reply...@newsgroup.com alt os windows-xp I knew that someday John would write: I have recently been getting spammed with annoying popups that say Messenger Service in the title bar. I originally thought this was coming from Windows Messenger. I removed WM but yet the popups continue.

disabling messenger service
°Mike° ZHNTPDWBL...@fcnzzbgry.pbz 24hoursupport helpdesk You should also install a firewall, since the messenger service uses ports 137-139 (NETBIOS), which should be blocked by your firewall. Outpost http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/ Sygate http://soho.sygate.com/products/shield_ov.htm Zone Alarm

Annoying "Messenger Service" popups
Jonathan Kay [MVP] msnewsrepl...@jonathankay.com microsoft public windowsxp messenger Greetings Fraze, 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

Non-stop "Messenger Service" Pop-up Windows
John J. Burness JohnJBurnes...@ieeDOT.org alt sys pc-clone dell Jupiter Jones wrote: There are legitimate uses for Messenger Service and a properly patched computer has no issues with Messenger Service. There is no protection offered by disabling Messenger Service as long as the computer is properly protected.

messenger service
This is a NetBIOS PopUp generated by the Messenger Service and it is NOT generated by the person's PC. It comes from a node on the Internet and it shows NetBIOS over IP is exposed to the Internet. You can turn off the Messenger Service by executing SERVICS.MSC and then find 'Messenger' and disable the service.

Messenger Service Popups
Phil \(aka purplehaz\) softw...@for.me microsoft public windowsxp general Secure your hacker prone computer: If they say messenger service in the title bar, these pop ups have nothing to do with MSN messenger or Windows messenger. What this is a new way for spammers to attack your computer and send you pop-up ads.