In article <20030717234050.14731.00000099@mb-m04.aol.com>, JimFor
<jimfor@aol.comNOSPAM> writes
>Hi,
>
>I'm having a problem with ads which appear in the middle of my computer screen
>when I am on the Internet. Don't know where they come from but I have two
>computers and the ads just appear on one computer. I have just started asking
>questions about this and am a bit overwhelmed as to the number of possible
>programs to use to prevent this. Any suggestions? What I need to do is to
>remove the program which may generate the ads and make sure ads do not appear
>again.
>
It's messenger spam, applies to Windows 2000 and Windows XP only. You
need to disable the messenger service running on your machine. Go to
Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Services. Find the service
"Messenger", highlight and right-click it. Hit "Stop". After the
service is stopped right click it again, hit "Properties", change
"Startup Type" to "Disabled", then "Apply", then "OK".

That's it!

You'll need to be logged-on with Administrative rights.

HTH
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