Messenger Service Pop Ups I keep getting these advertising all sorts of things, only started on my new laptop which had XP. Ive got pop ups switched off in IE but these seem to always appear. How do I stop them? Help me please!
These arent normal pop ups and I dont have Kazaa. They are like small window things with information on them and an "OK" button, they dont open in IE. I cant find any way to stop them.
in which case it's the other one. In Services - find 'messenger service' and stop it. THEN patch yer PC - sounds like it's be exploited by hackers.
there's loads. in IE, go to 'Tools' and 'windows update' - that'll will tell u what u need - hopefully you've got a minimum of SP1 on or you'll be online a while.
http://grc.com <-- excellent security related site. has patches for various windows 'sploits... get "shoot the messenger" to disable messenger service if u cant manage it urself and also make sure u run the uPNP one..and DISABLE this....
Cheers mate thats exactly what I was looking for Got the patches using Windows Update, took about 2 hours to download as I have a snail modem.
make sure u ALWAYS get all latest security updates from M$ mate...worth it to stop any hassles... also worth subscribing to windows/microsoft security bulletins to keep ahead of the game... jus search on google
