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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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Re: [Anonymous] Stop those 'spam' messenger popups with this free quick fix In reply to
Not sure if this is a different way to crack the same nut but...

Go to http://www.grc.com/ follow the ShieldsUP! link (twice), shit yourself, clamp down your router and never get another messenger spam again...


moog
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Re: [moog] Stop those 'spam' messenger popups with this free quick fix In reply to
Well,

I've tried what Neil Just adviced and the technique rocks!

Thank's Neil for the great tip!

and by the way, you just saved me, $30, I was about to buy a spam filter spftware :-)
Thanks again :-)

Thankyou,
Venkata Ramana
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Re: [Anonymous] Stop those 'spam' messenger popups with this free quick fix In reply to
I dont think thats the right way to do it. Messenger Servcice is one of the services that is required by windows in a networked environment.
If you have a standalone NT/Xp machine then this solution is ok but in a networked envoronment its not the solution

Cheers
Satya
http://www.novasoft-inc.com
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Re: [Anonymous] Stop those 'spam' messenger popups with this free quick fix In reply to
Hi,


so what do you suggest?
shall i go for it or no?


I wanted to try it out ..
so shall i? shall i not?

Thankyou,
Venkata Ramana
http://www.killernichewebsites.com
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Re: [Anonymous] Stop those 'spam' messenger popups with this free quick fix In reply to
Can you please help,

I need same answer as Venkata Ramana.

Thanks in advance
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Re: [Anonymous] Stop those 'spam' messenger popups with this free quick fix In reply to
Hi,
could you tell me a couple ways to protect my mail ID from spam?

I get tons of spam everyday..

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Re: [Anonymous] Stop those 'spam' messenger popups with this free quick fix In reply to
everytime i get on my msn messenger i get these damn popups, they address is pay-per-search. com or something, but anyways i get iconsall over my backgraound that say things like, Porn, naughty teens, best search engine, cum feista, free daily porn, i am so fucking tired of this it ties donw my computer and makes me look like pervert when i have friends over. any help would be nice im about ready to send my computer into a shop.