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Stop those 'spam' messenger popups with this free quick fix
Harassed By 'spam' Messenger Popups?

Messenger Spam is the fastest growing type of unsolicited advertising on the Internet today and is growing as much as 1500% a month. If you haven't yet received a pop up message through the Messenger service, you are guaranteed to any day now. These messages are sent to your computer using software that utilizes a built in feature of windows that Microsoft included in your copy of Windows.

Do Not Buy Software To Stop These Messenger Messages or waste your time by downloading software to get rid of the problem.

Here's how you how to do it for free by following some simple steps.


Here is a quick five minute fix for you NT/XP folks...


1. Click the start button and open the control panel.

2. Click on the Performance and Maintenance or
Administrative Tools.

3. Double-click on Services, and scroll down to you find 'Messenger'

4. Double-click on Messenger and click the Stop button then Change the startup type to Disable

Now I guarantee you no more 'spam' messenger pop-ups

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