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Reciprocity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 01:12 PM
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HELP! How do I disable messenger service on my pc?
I'm getting pop-ups from my messenger service every few minutes now. I have already used spybot and ad-aware. It keeps saying there is something wrong with the registry or windows ect. and go to xyz. The site changes every time. Can anyone help me?
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CBGLuthier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 01:24 PM
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1. go here
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/learnmore/stopspam.mspx


follow the directions.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 01:30 PM
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2. People need to embrace Google as the useful tool it is...
A quick Google search for disable messenger service would have saved you some time.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 01:30 PM
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3. Ok. Click on Start - Control Panel - Administrative Tools -
Computer Management - Services And Applications - Services.

Look at the list and go down to Messenger Service. Double click on it. In the box you can click cloose Disable. Then click Ok.
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Reciprocity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 01:47 PM
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4. Thanks for the help all.
I have disabled Messenger Service as per your easy to follow instructions. I'm hoping this will fix it. It is so frustrating when you keep your anti virus program up to date, run spybot and ad-aware frequently, clean out your cookies, temp files and history yet the spammers still find a way to make life on the web a living hell.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 01:51 PM
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5. Also, run Ad-Aware, Spybot, etc. in Safe Mode. It does a much
Edited on Thu Oct-06-05 01:52 PM by Crazy Guggenheim
search of finding pests.
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Reciprocity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 01:56 PM
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6. Sorry to sound so stupid but where do you find safe mode?
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 02:04 PM
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7. Just reboot and start hitting F8. Then You can choose Safe Mode
from there. However, first make sure your definitions for Ad-Aware, etc., are up to date, then reboot into Safe Mode.

Also, feel free to PM me.
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Reciprocity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 03:27 PM
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19. Thanks again. In safe mode both found something. n/t
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 02:10 PM
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8. I tightened down some stuff with little programs from this site
http://www.grc.com/default.htm
Gibson Research Corporation

I did lock down Messenger Service with GRC, but it just does the thing CG told you to do. You can also scan you to make sure your computer is invisible to hackers at this site.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 02:12 PM
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9. That is a *very* good site! Steve has the best software for security
testing.
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 02:16 PM
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12. I love it
a Gateway rep told me about it-on the qt, of course.
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 02:16 PM
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11. Thanks for the link miss_kitty !
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 02:18 PM
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14. You are welcome!
It makes me feel great that it has the Crazy Guggenheim Seal of Approval
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 02:20 PM
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15. Hehehe.With the Crazy Guggenheim Seal of Approval ...
You can't be wrong.:)
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 02:21 PM
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16. LOL. Thank you. Believe me I am always testing things.
BTW, his product Spin Rite, is very good and relatively cheap too.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 02:26 PM
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18. So who's going to start the thread on it? LOL.
:applause: :woohoo: :popcorn: :hide:
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 02:13 PM
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10. Good advices that I didn't know.
Usually in start msconfing,un-tick messenger and reboot.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 02:17 PM
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13. That doesn't work all the time. Somehow or other *Windows
Messenger* will start up anyways on some systems.
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 02:21 PM
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17. Never happened to me.I run XP.
But the other advices seem more efficient.
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