Scarthy © ® ™ Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Hi all ;) ,I have noticed recently certain pop-up windows that are grey in colour (like Win98/ME). They just appear on my desktop saying that "XXX" wants to talk to me...(XXX is usually a girls name). I close them always.Has anyone else noticed these or have any extra information on them??? I will PrintScreen the next one I get and post it here.I assume that they are a pop-up ad of somesort and I think that they are unseen by my pop-up killing software (NoAds-Freeware). ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TERBOW Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 What is your o/s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarthy © ® ™ Posted March 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Windows XP Home SP1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 sounds like the msn messenger pop ups.. i'm sure someone here knows how to get rid of them .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarthy © ® ™ Posted March 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 I don't use MSN Messenger, I use Windows Messenger (with MSN add-in).I have noticed the same pop-ups on my nephews computer also. Does Messenger do pop-ups then??? These seem to come from nowhere and they are NOT the "XXX has added you to their list etc etc" pop-up. They are in a grey window, and usually in the middle of the screen. There is also a noise when they pop-up. I will look out for the next one and post it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 sorry i think i meant just messenger thats a part of windows not windows or msn messenger.. is this what you're getting? click herecan't claim any credit to that lol found it on pca... actually a search on messenger and popup will give a lot of results.. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarthy © ® ™ Posted March 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Yes I have seen one similar to that one before. I have a firewall though (Norton PFW2002), so I don't want to enable the built in XP one as well, as they may clash.Thanx for the link PoC. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TERBOW Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 OK. control panel/ admin tools/component services/open conponent services/and in the right window scroll down to Messanger/right click/properties and you will see Startup Type/Enabled/Auto/Disable/ select disable .click ok and reboot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 yep i think terbow's right.. wasn't too sure so didn't post that.. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Scarthy © ® ™http://www.theeldergeek.com/messenger_removal.htmIs this what you want? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarthy © ® ™ Posted March 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Thanks Guys. I couldn't find what TERBOW was saying.andsome - Great site and thanks. I have done what it says...Messenger Service Popup AdvertisingI despise spammers and the messages they send. The latest trend is using the messenger service to send pop up advertising spam to unprotected computers. It's important to note that these messages have no relation to MSN or Microsoft Messenger. Messenger service is used via the 'net send' command to send messages between networked computers. If you don't have network access or use the 'net send' command it's easy to disable the messenger service and eliminate the popup activity. For more information on the Messenger service, see Knowledge Base Article Q168893.Disable Messenger ServiceClick Start > Run and type "services.msc" (no quotes) in the Open: line and click OK In the right pane, scroll down to Messenger. Double click Messenger and click the General tab. Under Service Status: click the Stop button. In the Startup Type: drop down box, select Disable. Click Apply and OK. Another method to rid your system of this annoyance is to block NetBIOS ports 135, 137, 138. and 139 through the firewall. Each firewall uses a different method of blocking ports. Consult the firewall documentation or website for information on the proper procedure....We will see what happens. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 that will sort it, scarthy <_>There are other things that run with XP that are not needed too, courtesy of M$ "one size fits" all approach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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