From: "SHAUN EARLY" <seys16339@blueyonder.co.uk>

| Help me please. I am being driven mad by some annoying popup which calls
| itself messenger service. This is one of the many messengers it sends me.
|
| Stop Messenger service. Your registry is corrupted and recommends i buy
| Regfixit and many other variations of this. I have wiped my pc and
| reinstalled xp pro and guess what as soon as i reinstall the internet
| without any other program being on my system, its back !
|
| What is this popup called and how do i kill the thing off for good. I am
| assuming its got hold of my email details of isp address or something. Its
| so annoying.
|

To disable the Windows Messenger Service, you can open a Command Prompt and type the
following commands...

sc stop Messenger
sc config Messenger start= disabled

A Router such as the Linksys BEFSR41 will also block this at the WAN/LAN interface and such
messages won't be seen on a LAN PC.

If you are using Windows XP it also means you did NOT install Service Pack 2 as WinXP SP2
automatically disables the NT Messenger Service.


--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm