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Privacy & Security How to disable Messenger service. Are you getting MSN messenger service pop ups? A grey box that can appear as a warning or a solution to a problem you apparently have, these are in fact nothing more than an advertisement. The companies that use this as a way of promoting their products are usually of bad reputation or inferior products. Messenger service pop ups look like this. Messenger services are a different application and service to the instant messenger services used for chatting. They are intended to be a way of people sending short messages within their network, e.g., their place of work. Unfortunately, they also allow anyone to send spam messages which are not only annoying, they can be a security risk. In order for these to work, a port must be opened to allow them to be sent. This port is set open by Microsoft by default. Companies selling advertisements, or a company with its own software, can ping a computer's port, with messenger enabled it will respond and accept the message/advert. With messenger disabled, port will not respond, and no message/advertisement will be accepted by the computer. Several viruses and trojans also look for computers with this port open. To disable messenger services Download this free utility to do it for you, Shoot the messenger Or disable it manually. Winddows XP Click Start and select Control Panel Double click Administrative Tools Double click Services Scroll to, and highlight Messenger by clicking on the line. Right-click the highlighted line and select Properties. Click the STOP button at 'service status'. At 'Start up type', select disabled Click OK. Windows 2000 Click Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Services Scroll down to, and highlight Messenger Right-click the highlighted line and select Properties . Click the STOP button. At 'Start up type', select disabled Click OK. Windows 95, 98 and ME. Messenger service is not a part of these operating systems, but it did have a predecessor which is, called winpopup. This can be disabled by Click Start then My computer Double click on Add/Remove programmes Click Windows set up then Accessories Scroll down to Winpopup and uncheck it. Job done, no more messenger pop ups. Back	Privacy & Security Information E-mail Viruses hackers, crackers & firewalls Trojans Spyware Keyloggers Cookies BHO's & Hijackers Drive by downloads diallers Scams & Hoaxes Hijack this- automatic analysis Free pest scan Unwanted processes How to-Tutorials Clean up/repair after malware infection Prevent malware installing Install Hijackthis Start in Safe mode Show hidden files/folders enable/disable Active X controls Disable Messenger service pop-ups Use the Host file Roguefix - Removal tool for Rogue spyware removers & Fake Warnings removal tool Kill E2Give Kill MySearch Kill Sdbot-ADD / lockx.exe Kill seeve.exe / mediamotors pop ups Kill Winfixer2005 Kill SysProtect News/Articles New Winfixer infection displays fake Blackworm warning The real cost of Free security software
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