Messenger Service

Will someone please tell me how to get rid of this menace and I will be very
grateful indeed.

John

 

<Canned response>

You should install a firewall, since the messenger service uses
ports 137-139 (NETBIOS), which should be blocked by your
firewall.

Right click on 'My Computer', select 'Manage' ... 'Services
and Applications', double click 'services', double click
'messenger' and press 'Stop' / Apply / OK.

Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement
http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?id=kb;en-us;Q330904

Windows Messages
http://www.jmu.edu/computing/security/info/winmsg.shtml

How to stop Messenger SPAM Disable Windows Messenger Service
http://www.auburn.edu/oit/security/messengerService.html

How to Prevent Windows Messenger from Running on a Windows
XP-Based Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?id=kb;en-us;Q302089

Stopping Advertisements with Messenger Service Titles
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communicate/stopspam.asp

Disable-Remove Windows Messenger
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_mess_disable.htm


Firewalls:
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Outpost
http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/

Sygate
http://soho.sygate.com/products/shield_ov.htm

Zone Alarm
http://www.zonelabs.com/

 

Taking a moment's reflection, Thund3rstruck mused:
|
| Scroll down to messenger, right click on it, left click on
| properties, then change "Automatic" to "Manual". (This stops it for
| good) Click "Stop" to stop it for the remainder of your login session.

Actually, it only stops it until something makes a call to start it
again. Selecting "Disable" instead of "Manual" will stop it for good.

 

No problem. C:\program files\Messenger.
Right click on the folder and select rename.
I renamed mine to "no-messenger".
If I ever want to use the damn thing all I have to do is to rename it the
right way.
Renaming causes the EXE file to be bypassed because it can't be found.
Since messenger is an option, OE or what ever, assumes you have the option
to activate the program turned off.

 

Rename the actual folder and you're guaranteed to never be bothered again.

 

mhicaoidh rambled on about something in

Point well taken.

NOI

 

Typical of St00pid's advice- 'Rename the file or folder' instead of doing it
right and telling the OS to turn it off. At least Rts didn't continue with
"and search the registry for all instances and delete them".

Troll-o-meter: "Richard" = Richard Bullis; Category = Kook
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Don't listen to "Richard". If there is ever any truth to what
he says it is for the same reason a broken clock is correct twice a day.

An example of Richard Bullis' technical knowledge:
"Ho hum. another loudmouth wise ass.
first of all buddy boy, newsgroups are not attached to the internet.
they are two seperate entities.
as a matter of fact, the newsgroups were on line before the internet
was."
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A recent reply to Richard Bullis:
"I really hate to say this, but Bullis....you are an absolute idiot. I
am in awe at your complete lack of comprehension ability, and your utter
ignorance."
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Richard rambled on about something in

OK. Let me get this straight.

You want him to rename c:\winnt\system32 to something else? Doing
so would really raise a lot of 'Computer Hell', especially when
almost everything quit working.

Shit, Debbie from ACS knows more about how computers work, than you
appear...and she's wrong 99% of the time!


NOI

 

Richard rambled on about something in

Wrong messenger. He is not talking about MSNIM. He's talking about
the Windows Service Messenger. They are two totally different
programs.

NOI