Removing annoying messenger service popups

[limbo]

These damn things popup about every 1/2 an hour and have done for long enough!

example [mysite.freeserve.com]

Can anybody tell me

A. is there a good reason to have this enabled? ie. can message my freinds somehow?

B. how the hell do I turn it off?

I would be very grateful for your responses

Thanks

Limbo

[martinibuster]

Sounds like you have spyware on your computer. Download and run AdAware. Or for an even more thorough cleaning try "SpyBot Search & Destroy."

[rcjordan]

Don't we have a messenger spam clean-up tutorial here? I think so. Try using ATW to search WebmasterWorld on this.

[Conard]

Limbo,
If you are tired of this M$ "feature" you can turn it off by going to:
Control Panel>>
Administrative Tools>>
Services>>
Scroll down to Messenger, double click it and in the "General Tab" under "Startup type" choose "Disabled"
It wont hurt any thing to turn this off.

[limbo]

Martinibuster

Ran Adaware not more than half an hour ago.

No result :(

not sure this one's spyware.

[rcjordan]

>not sure this one's spyware.

No, adaware won't kill it. Conard's right, it's an exploit of an MS "feature."

[LeClair]

My sister had the same problem. I found this:

Windows 2000/NT

Click Start->Programs->Administrative Tools->Services
Scroll down and highlight "Messenger"
Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties.
Click the STOP button.
Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar
Click OK

Windows XP

Click Start->Control Panel
Click Performance and Maintenance
Click Administrative Tools
Double click Services
Scroll down and highlight "Messenger"
Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties.
Click the STOP button.
Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar
Click OK

[chris_f]

Limbo,

I posted about this some time ago. Conard's suggestion will work. You need to switch off the messenger service.

Chris

<added: add LeClair's suggestion :) >>

[limbo]

Thankyou all :)

Such a relief to get rid of these damn things!

RCjordan - thanks for the tip. - will do a search now.

Ta

Limbo.