Messenger Pop-ups
Saturday, July 5, 2003 by BoXXi | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I just re-installed my OS, (XP Pro) and since I did, I'm getting lots of irritating pop-ups in MSN Messenger. Does anyone know how to get rid of them? I would be very grateful if anyone has the answer.
Incidentally, installing "Adaware 6.0" didn't stop them.
Thanks in advance guys........BoXXi
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brazil
Reply #3 Saturday, July 5, 2003 10:01 AM
Reply #3 Saturday, July 5, 2003 10:01 AM
Try Gibson Research,,,The application is called Shoot the Messenger,It's on the freeware page. http://grc.com/freepopular.htm
Dianekk
Reply #4 Saturday, July 5, 2003 10:01 AM
Reply #4 Saturday, July 5, 2003 10:01 AM
I should add, I got Pop-Up Stopper by typing pop-ups in the address bar and this was one of many that popped up. There were several but they were either ones you had to buy or did not stop MSN pop-ups. This was free and did the job.
Dianekk
Reply #5 Saturday, July 5, 2003 10:08 AM
Reply #5 Saturday, July 5, 2003 10:08 AM
I just got Citizen Brazil's download above and it seems like it would work faster and better than the Pop-Up Stopper I suggested. Thanks Brazil
BoXXi
Reply #6 Saturday, July 5, 2003 10:15 AM
Reply #6 Saturday, July 5, 2003 10:15 AM
Thanks for the info guys......
Patrick(Brazil): I got "Shoot the messenger" and it seems to have worked. It disabled Messenger completely at first, but I restarted it and it seems to be working o.k. I just hope it stops those annoying messages while still allowing me to use Messenger.
Larry Kuperman
Reply #7 Saturday, July 5, 2003 10:30 AM
Reply #7 Saturday, July 5, 2003 10:30 AM
It may be your Messenger service, which is separate from Messenger the IM program.
Try this: http://www.druid628.com/techtips/windows/msmsgs/messg_service.html
BTW, nice to see you around, BoXXi!
Try this: http://www.druid628.com/techtips/windows/msmsgs/messg_service.html
BTW, nice to see you around, BoXXi!
brazil
Reply #8 Saturday, July 5, 2003 10:33 AM
Reply #8 Saturday, July 5, 2003 10:33 AM
There is also another App. called GuardWall AD Block put out free by the makers of guardIE, http://grc.com/freepopular.htm .They both seem to work.
brazil
Reply #9 Saturday, July 5, 2003 10:37 AM
Reply #9 Saturday, July 5, 2003 10:37 AM
http://www.guardwall.com/en/index.asp ,,sorry bout that--I have no Idea,,,,,
sig101
Reply #11 Saturday, July 5, 2003 11:21 AM
Reply #11 Saturday, July 5, 2003 11:21 AM
While you can disable the messenger service, which what the GRC utility does, the reason you got those pop ups is that you had a port open to the internet. (135, if I recall correctly). Some AV's apparently use the messenger service for their alerts telling you that they've found a virus so if you disable the service those might not work, depending upon how your AV works. And again, it's not the same as the MSN Messenger program. (The messenger service is intended to be used to broadcast messages *within* a network but since MS has it open as a server to the internet spammers found a new fun way to get those who weren't running a firewall to block the port.)
Are you running a firewall? If properly configured, that should block unsolicited communications from the internet. With XP's running services that keep ports open on the net it's a very good idea to run a firewall. Even if it's only XP's ICF or a properly configured router.
Are you running a firewall? If properly configured, that should block unsolicited communications from the internet. With XP's running services that keep ports open on the net it's a very good idea to run a firewall. Even if it's only XP's ICF or a properly configured router.
White_Moth
Reply #12 Saturday, July 5, 2003 11:25 AM
Reply #12 Saturday, July 5, 2003 11:25 AM
I am using MSN Messenger 6.0 and do not (yet) get pop-ups. But I think mt ISP does much in keeping them at bay also with Pop_Up Stopper.
White_Moth
Reply #13 Saturday, July 5, 2003 12:15 PM
Reply #13 Saturday, July 5, 2003 12:15 PM
Of course, now that I have reviewed all the links, I see that I had no idea what I was talking about. 
Live and learn...
Live and learn...
goodmorphing
Reply #14 Saturday, July 5, 2003 1:23 PM
Reply #14 Saturday, July 5, 2003 1:23 PM
Um... don't know if this is topical, but you might be interested in this...
http://groups.msn.com/communityfeedback/tipstricks.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=352605&LastModified=4675427765499639265
http://groups.msn.com/communityfeedback/tipstricks.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=352605&LastModified=4675427765499639265
Michael Ficarra
Reply #15 Saturday, July 5, 2003 3:07 PM
Reply #15 Saturday, July 5, 2003 3:07 PM
Use Trillian - http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/trillian/index.html
ImStein
Reply #16 Saturday, July 5, 2003 4:06 PM
Reply #16 Saturday, July 5, 2003 4:06 PM
I had those too and used Spy-bot (freeware) to get rid of the prob. There are so many options out, though I'd throw ya another. It allows me to still use messenger,too. 
ImStein
Reply #17 Saturday, July 5, 2003 4:09 PM
Reply #17 Saturday, July 5, 2003 4:09 PM
And DianeK you were very close there....Popup-stopper and spy-bot are the same company, different apps.
CO6155
Reply #18 Saturday, July 5, 2003 4:14 PM
Reply #18 Saturday, July 5, 2003 4:14 PM
thanks very much ppl, that "shoot the messenger" works a treat so far. thankz again!
AlphaDraco
Reply #19 Saturday, July 5, 2003 5:00 PM
Reply #19 Saturday, July 5, 2003 5:00 PM
MSN Messenger has nothing to do with it (If you have the same problem I had). It's "Messenger Service", a Microsoft app made for (I believe) sending messages across networks. Here's the solution for me, in XP Home. I havn't checked the links, so someone probably already mentioned it.
Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Click on "Services and Applications > Click on Services > Find "Messenger" in the list on the right > Double click it and select "Disabled" in the "Startup" dropdown box.
Problem solved for me. It got on my nerves because I could be playing a multiplayer game like Starcraft, and I'd get a message that would force me to hit alt-tab, click "OK" and go back to the game.
Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Click on "Services and Applications > Click on Services > Find "Messenger" in the list on the right > Double click it and select "Disabled" in the "Startup" dropdown box.
Problem solved for me. It got on my nerves because I could be playing a multiplayer game like Starcraft, and I'd get a message that would force me to hit alt-tab, click "OK" and go back to the game.
AlphaDraco
Reply #20 Saturday, July 5, 2003 5:03 PM
Reply #20 Saturday, July 5, 2003 5:03 PM
And of course, Larry Kuperman's link said exactly the same thing that I said...I really should read the posts first.
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Reply #1 Saturday, July 5, 2003 9:59 AM