It also means you have no firewall. You will get worm viruses like Blaster.
Enable the firewall in XP and get a router which will also act as a
firewall.


"SHAUN EARLY" <seys16339@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know of this popup called messenger Service. It came
> through as soon as i connected my modem and logged on and even when i
> reformated the entire system and reinstalled just the barebones with an
> internet connection it gets back through. It reads STO! WINDOWS
> REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. Windows has found 55 Critical System
> errors. To Fix the eroors do the following: 1. Download Registry
> Update from www.regfixit.com 2. Install Registry update 3. Run
> Registry 4. Reboot your computer. FAILURE TO ACT NOW MAY LEAD TO
> SYSTEM FAILURE !
>
> How is this getting through onto my system I dont thinks its a virus.
> Although it may lead to one, Im out of ideas please help !
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Shaunus
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