Messenger Service Pop Up

Factual Questions
1

On my new XP running computer I am getting a strange pop-up. A small box, not a browser window, with the name “Messenger Service” at the top. The text of the box says: Message from URGENT NOTICE to YOU on 9/4/2003 Did you know there is a easy one-clik way to stop this type of Pop-UP forever? For free information please visit www.ENDADS.com

WTF is this damn thing, and how do I stop it without going to ENDADS.com?

Thank you for your help.

2

I Googled “Disable Messenger Service,” and found a great many sites offering the following instructions:

Windows 2000
Click Start-> Settings-> Control Panel-> Administrative Tools->Services
Scroll down and highlight “Messenger”
Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties.
Click the STOP button.
Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar
Click OK

Windows XP Home
Click Start->Settings ->Control Panel
Click Performance and Maintenance
Click Administrative Tools
Double click Services Scroll down and highlight “Messenger”
Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties.
Click the STOP button.
Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar
Click OK

Windows XP Professional
Click Start->Settings ->Control Panel
Click Administrative Tools
Click Services
Double click Services Scroll down and highlight “Messenger”
Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties.
Click the STOP button.
Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar
Click OK

Windows NT
Click Start ->Control Panel
Double Click Administrative Tools
Select Services-> Double-click on Messenger
In the Messenger Properties window, select Stop,
Then choose Disable as the Startup Type
Click OK

Windows 98 & ME
Windows Messenger Service cannot be disabled

3

Go to Start | Run, type msconfig in the box, and hit OK. Choose the Startup tab, unclick msmsgs. Reboot.

4

We’ve been through this before, repeatedly. Here’s the latest go-round: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=206759. The second post (mine, as it happens) has your answer, but there’s more good info further down. Enjoy!

5

Ha! I beat you by three weeks.

6

Sorry, Q.E.D., but I beat you by five months!

7

And the earliest mention of it on these boards goes back almost a year!

8

Oh, yeah, well I knew about it when I was FOUR YEARS OLD! Ha! I’m just kidding, I was nine.

9

And I’ve been here HOW long? Hmmm? :stuck_out_tongue: