Re: Messenger Spam

From: John Francisco Williams (Curso122_at_e-ciety.com)
Date: 05/31/03 

Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 10:31:04 -0400

Lynn: Go to services and stop the messenger service. Also, change the start
mode to manual

:-)

"Lynn" <west9436@aol.com> wrote in message
news:068701c32773$ceee4570$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Can someone tell me how to stop receiving "Messenger
> Spam". I am getting instant messages from all kinds of
> stuff. One is "Stop receiving these messages by
> downloading "Stop Messenger Spam" software". They are
> VERY much a problem.

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