Removing "Messenger popup" ads

Does anyone have advice as to get rid of
annoying "Messenger popup" ads that frustratingly appear
at random?? I already have anti-popup software which
blocks "standard" popups but not the "Messenger" ones
which appear even if u are not online. I have Steganos
firewall installed; plus regularly run Ad-Aware to
disinfect my system, registry etc. too. I am running
Windows XP, and have already done the Administrative
Services/Services/Messenger - then "Disabled" route.
Still no joy. Would blocking any spare ports on my PC,
would that solve the problem?? Help anyone!!

Lionel
Thu May 20 15:59:14 CDT 2004

"Phil" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message de
news:fd6601c43ea4$575c4540$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Does anyone have advice as to get rid of
> annoying "Messenger popup" ads that frustratingly appear
> at random??

It looks like you have all the protections required against
any threat you're likely to meet (except for an antivirus, which
you do not mention --- I assume it's only an omission).

First, I'd check your firewall settings. Try to block everything
(even if some programs stop working; you can reopen the
ports you need later).

Second, I'd get a list of all processes running on your system,
using the task manager, and check it against the list of programs
you have installed.

--
Lionel Fourquaux

anonymous
Thu May 20 19:56:04 CDT 2004

Go to administrative tools/services. Doubleclick Messenger and stop and disable this service.

Lionel
Fri May 21 03:31:29 CDT 2004

"Erwin Michiels" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> a écrit dans le
message de news:362209F8-5A99-43C0-9B3B-56879E290031@microsoft.com...
> Go to administrative tools/services. Doubleclick Messenger and stop and
disable this service.
* He said he had already done it.
* This is probably a symptom of a bigger security hole, which
won't be fixed by disabling the service.
* The Messenger services has other uses than popup spam.

anonymous
Fri May 21 15:21:01 CDT 2004

From every experience I have had there is no "useful" use of the messenger service. We have it stopped on our entire network. Personally I have tried various pop-up blockers, but now I just use spybot, spy sweeper and ad-aware religiously as soon as I see one.

anonymous
Fri May 21 16:26:52 CDT 2004

Go to Add/Remove programs And turn off Windows Messenger

RichardH
Fri May 21 17:04:36 CDT 2004

One other possibility for you Phil...

If you are talking about the MSN Messenger application:

Make sure you have the "Only people on my Allow List can see my status and
send me messages" tick box selected.
You can see this by selecting the Tools menu and clicking Options...
Then select the Privacy tab.

HTH

Rich

"Phil" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:fd6601c43ea4$575c4540$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Does anyone have advice as to get rid of
> annoying "Messenger popup" ads that frustratingly appear
> at random?? I already have anti-popup software which
> blocks "standard" popups but not the "Messenger" ones
> which appear even if u are not online. I have Steganos
> firewall installed; plus regularly run Ad-Aware to
> disinfect my system, registry etc. too. I am running
> Windows XP, and have already done the Administrative
> Services/Services/Messenger - then "Disabled" route.
> Still no joy. Would blocking any spare ports on my PC,
> would that solve the problem?? Help anyone!!

Lionel
Sat May 22 04:38:48 CDT 2004

"Dice" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message de
news:627E58DD-213F-48B0-9882-F94CA7123D68@microsoft.com...
> From every experience I have had there is no "useful" use of the messenger
service.

Some programs can use the messenger service to display notifications.

Tom
Sat May 22 07:25:39 CDT 2004

Would you be kind enough to name some?
No programs we use on 40 computers, including servers, use it.

Thanks,
Tom
"Lionel Fourquaux" <use.reply.to@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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| "Dice" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message de
| news:627E58DD-213F-48B0-9882-F94CA7123D68@microsoft.com...
| > From every experience I have had there is no "useful" use of the
messenger
| service.
|
| Some programs can use the messenger service to display notifications.
|

Dave
Sat May 22 08:27:46 CDT 2004

some common ones:
network print server failure or completion notifications
ups services
server shutdown notices

"Tom Pepper Willett" <tompepper@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Would you be kind enough to name some?
> No programs we use on 40 computers, including servers, use it.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
> "Lionel Fourquaux" <use.reply.to@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
> news:ujgSgC%23PEHA.556@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> | "Dice" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message de
> | news:627E58DD-213F-48B0-9882-F94CA7123D68@microsoft.com...
> | > From every experience I have had there is no "useful" use of the
> messenger
> | service.
> |
> | Some programs can use the messenger service to display notifications.
> |
>
>

Tom
Sat May 22 10:18:54 CDT 2004

All of those work for us, with messenger disabled.

Tom
"Dave" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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| some common ones:
| network print server failure or completion notifications
| ups services
| server shutdown notices
|
| "Tom Pepper Willett" <tompepper@mvps.org> wrote in message
| news:u5qETg$PEHA.2468@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
| > Would you be kind enough to name some?
| > No programs we use on 40 computers, including servers, use it.
| >
| > Thanks,
| > Tom
| > "Lionel Fourquaux" <use.reply.to@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
| > news:ujgSgC%23PEHA.556@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
| > | "Dice" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message
de
| > | news:627E58DD-213F-48B0-9882-F94CA7123D68@microsoft.com...
| > | > From every experience I have had there is no "useful" use of the
| > messenger
| > | service.
| > |
| > | Some programs can use the messenger service to display notifications.
| > |
| >
| >
|
|

Lionel
Sat May 22 12:05:43 CDT 2004

"Tom Pepper Willett" <tompepper@mvps.org> a écrit dans le message de
news:u5qETg$PEHA.2468@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Would you be kind enough to name some?

Sorry, none that I use do, and I don't remember exactly which
program needed the Messenger service. I can only tell you that
they exist.