-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Stop Window Messenger

The icon that keeps showing up in the task bar when I open OE says "Windows 
Messenger" when I put my cursor over it to find out what it is. That is why I 
keep referring to it that way. 
   
  Found the place in OE to stop it from launching when I open OE. Thanks a 
bunch.
   
  If Remote Assistance is the one that lets another person connect to your 
computer then that is what I want to also disable. I don't see it listed in 
Add/Remove Programs or Add/Remove Windows Components nor in the list of 
services under Administrative Tools.
   
  There is something called Remote Access Auto Connection Manager and Remote 
Access Connection Manager that I found in Control Panel/Administrative 
Tools/Services when I was looking for Windows Messenger there. When I click on 
Remote Access Auto Connection Manager its Dependencies say that the service 
depends on Remote Access Connection Manager and Telephony. Nothing depends on 
RAACM. The Description says it creates a connection to a remote network. When I 
click on Remote Access Connection Manager, its Dependencies say the service 
depends on Telephony and that Internet Connection Firewall and Remote Access 
Auto Connection Manager depend on this service (RACM). The Description says it 
creates a network connection.
   
  There are other things listed there like Remote Desktop Help Session Manager, 
Remote Procedure Call (RPC), Remote Registry, Routing and Remote Access. Remote 
Assistance is listed in the description of one or more of these but I don't see 
it listed itself in the list of services.
   
  I don't want any Remote anything enabled on my computer. I also don't want to 
haphazardly start disabling or uninstalling (if possible) things without 
understanding the consequences. I deleted a file once before that I thought was 
suspicious and ended up completely messing up my hard drive.
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From: "Don" 
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Stop Window Messenger
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:08:29 -0500

***MSN*** Messenger is what opens, or tries to open when you open
Outlook Express. In OE go to Tools/Options and unselect launch
messenger when you open OE. If that option is not anywhere to be
found, then Messenger has been disabled or uninstalled. 

***Windows *** Messenger is the tool used by SPAMMERs to get all
those "official" looking pop-up ads onto your computer. If you
installed and used the Shoot the Messenger utility correctly (and it
sounds like you did) then you will have no more problems with that
until you do another format and install.

When you said you wanted to get rid of Remote Access did you mean to
say Remote Assistance? I don't know what Remote Access is, but
Remote Assistance is a utility that allows you to have a trusted
person connect to your computer across the internet to help you
resolve problems on your computer.

Don

-----Original Message-----
From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of wendy simmons
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 11:56 AM
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Stop Window Messenger

Witch, the link you sent me appears to have the same information as
provided in Shoot The Messenger as well as the steps that came up
when I searched the archives. Thank you.

Jo Ann & Don, I downloaded Shoot The Messenger a couple times and
it keeps saying "Messenger Service is not installed on this system".
It took a couple times for me to realize that it was referring to
Windows Messenger and not telling me that Shoot the Messenger had
downloaded incorrectly. Thank you for the info.

I had already unchecked the box for Windows Messenger in
Add/Remove Windows Components Wizard in Add/Remove Programs. I just
looked again and it is still unchecked. When I go into
Administrative Tools, Services (also looked into Component Services)
I can't find anything called "Messenger" or "Windows Messenger" but
the icon still shows up in the task bar when I open Outlook Express.
It's like 2 people together, has a red circle with an "X" in it.
When I put my cursor over the icon to get the little message telling
me the name of the item it represents, it says "Window Messenger -
Not signed in". 

I'm not trying to be a pain in the butt or cause problems for
anyone, I just don't want anything on my computer that could
potentially let someone in. Right now I reformat the hard drive
every couple weeks to clean it and start over but this process is
getting old and takes a long time to do. I have Norton's AV as well
as Avast installed and SpyBot and Ad-Aware. There is also another
item I want off my computer (Remote Access) but haven't figured out
how to get rid of it yet.

Thanks again,

Wendy

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From: "ml reed" 
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Adaware
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:05:21 -0800

Or make up their own??? uh hum
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From: "L. Cruz" 

To: 

Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 4:49 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Adaware


> Sometimes these programs find things that haven´t even been created yet...

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Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates.

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