Lately on my dad's comp, which has WinXP home edition, he's been getting these messages from some nameless person. They are regular dialogue boxes with advertisements, such as a link and some info, or some crazy shit inside.
The most recent message was a child porn site.
Someone tell me what's going on? It says stuff like "Windows Messenger message", but when I check if MSN or some other messenger program is on, there's nothing there.
I hope that it's not internal spyware, because if it is I'm ripping Dell and/or Microsoft a new one.
What the bloody HELL is this?
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Disable Windows Messenger.
Can't give details since I downgraded to Windows 98.
Can't give details since I downgraded to Windows 98.
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Re: What the bloody HELL is this?
It's not spyware per say but rather another Microsoft 'feature.'Sektor31 wrote:I hope that it's not internal spyware, because if it is I'm ripping Dell and/or Microsoft a new one.
To get rid of it, go into the services administration panel and disable the messenger service.
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This thread should be helpful.
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This one too, I made one dealing specifically with your problem.
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Re: What the bloody HELL is this?
Just in case you're wondering where that is, Go to Control Panel, select Performance and Maintenance, select Administrative tools and then click on the Services Shortcut. It'll bring up a seperate window, scroll down and click on Messenger, this will give you the option to stop it.Enlightenment wrote:It's not spyware per say but rather another Microsoft 'feature.'Sektor31 wrote:I hope that it's not internal spyware, because if it is I'm ripping Dell and/or Microsoft a new one.
To get rid of it, go into the services administration panel and disable the messenger service.
Sorry if you're actually Comp/XP savvy Sektor31, but I find it helps to spell it out, just in case people aren't sure.
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You do mean upgrade, right?Pu-239 wrote:Can't give details since I downgraded to Windows 98.
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