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Thread ID: 39235 2003-10-31 03:27:00 What is "Messenger Service"? James Busby (341) Press F1
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188050 2003-10-31 03:27:00 Hi, While I was playing bf1942 this program just suddenly came up saying I got a message from "mm". I had no IM programs running in the background while It just came up. What is "Messenger Service" and how where did it come from?
[url=http://sal.neoburn.net/imagef1/uploaded/Messenger%20Service.jpg]Screen shot of Messenger Service[\url]

James Busby
James Busby (341)
188051 2003-10-31 03:41:00 Messenger Service is not Windows Messenger. It is a new way of getting spam via popups on XP computers that don't use a firewall and have not disabled Messenger in services.

To stop this, go into Control Panel, Admin Tools and click on Services. Scroll down until you see Messenger and right click on it and select properties. Then select stop and startup type = disabled. Click OK.

You can read more about it here (www.microsoft.com)
Jen C (20)
188052 2003-10-31 03:49:00 More information here. (www.itc.virginia.edu) Fire-and-Ice (3910)
188053 2003-10-31 03:50:00 Also have a look more about "Messenger Service" here: grc.com & you can stop it with this small app on this page: grc.com by Gibson Research Corporation. stu140103 (137)
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