Re: Invasive Messenger Service

From: Jennifer Sanders (daboomdabip@yahoo.com)
Date: 01/14/03 

From: "Jennifer Sanders" <daboomdabip@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 17:14:18 -0800

How do I disable messenger service? Are you implying that
the messenger window is a part of the operating system?

>-----Original Message-----
>Either block the appropriate ports in your firewall, or
disable messanger
>service.
>
>"Jennifer Sanders" <daboomdabip@yahoo.com> wrote in
message
>news:518b01c2bb64$a77ff5e0$89f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA01...
>: I'm running a web server on Windows 2000 Server and
>: recently i've been getting these add windows that pop up
>: on my server, even if I'm not surfing the web.
>:
>: It appears as if an unethical party has gotten ahold of
my
>: ip, or installed a malignant program on my machine.
>:
>: The box says generically 'messenger service' at top and
>: invariably features an inane ad.
>:
>: Does anyone know how to stop this/has anyone else had
the
>: same problem?
>:
>
>
>.
>

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