I have XP Home, and in task manager it shows msmsgs.exe ( owner ) to peg 99% at least, my cpu only when I am connected to my dial-in ISP. I could delete it in task manager processes and after 3 times, it would stop coming back in 1-2 minuits, but now, I have been deleating it 20-30 times and the damn thing keeps coming back in a second or 2, and pegging my cpu every 7 seconds or so, after it settles down after a few deletes and quits 99% hogging it continuousely. My computer ran fine when it stayed deleated. No/very small ( only 3-5% ) cpu spikes when just connected to ISP, and me not doing anything. I would prefer not to re-install yet, because my Norton antivirus subscription which is due in april will be lost ( I lost about 4 months of it the last time I reinstalled about 9 months ago ). All functions that I use worked normal with no cpu hogging when it would stay gone, but it looks like it is getting worse the last few days. How to get rid of msmsgs.exe perminately ?