Windows messenger

Every time I open the internet I am bombarded with pop
ups about windows messenger. There is a new version and
do I want to download it now. Yes or No. I am fed up
saying no 3 or 4 times a session. How do I get rid of
these popups.Has anyone else got this problem?Thanks
Gerry

Walla
Wed Sep 15 12:45:24 CDT 2004

I would switch to Firefox for browsing the internet. IE is
chock-full-o-holes, Microsoft even admits it. Firefox blocks popup windows
as well.

http://www.mozilla.org/



"Gerry" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Every time I open the internet I am bombarded with pop
> ups about windows messenger. There is a new version and
> do I want to download it now. Yes or No. I am fed up
> saying no 3 or 4 times a session. How do I get rid of
> these popups.Has anyone else got this problem?Thanks
> Gerry

anonymous
Wed Sep 15 13:23:32 CDT 2004

>-----Original Message-----
>Every time I open the internet I am bombarded with pop
>ups about windows messenger. There is a new version and
>do I want to download it now. Yes or No. I am fed up
>saying no 3 or 4 times a session. How do I get rid of
>these popups.Has anyone else got this problem?

If you are referring to "regular" advertisement pop-ups,
install a reputable pop-up blocker like Panicware's Pop-Up
Stopper Free Edition or the Google Toolbar that comes with
a pop-up blocker.

You might be getting pop-up windows labeled "Messenger
Service" in the title bar. If so...

If you have Windows 2000:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/administratio
n/communications/msgrspam.asp

If you have Windows XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/learnmore
/stopspam.mspx