-=PCTechTalk=- Re: problem
- From: "sylviavandewall" <pvdwall@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 17:18:43 +0100
Thanks for your help Cris but I don't have Messenger service on my =
computer and I wish it was as easy as that but this has nothing to do =
with Microsoft.=20
I looked in my control panel but in WindowsME there is nothing with =
Administrative Tools.
This looks more like there is a virus inside my computer, no use to use =
a pop-up killer now because it has already put itself in my computer.
They are pop-ups with ads about Viagra and how much in danger I am.
sylvia.
You've run your spybot? Do you have a pop up killer? You could download =
the google toolbar with the pop up killer on it and activate that.=20
Not sure about it on a windows ME system - it says it is activated by =
default on win. xp - so what it is on win ME - I'm not sure -=20
you could try disabling messenger service. This is NOT instant =
messenger. and Microsoft is supposed to be creating a patch to close it =
themselves - at some point.=20
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communicate/stopspam.a=
sp
The workaround solution is to disable the Messenger service as follows:
a.. Click Start, and then click Control Panel (or point to Settings, =
and then click Control Panel).=20
b.. Double-click Administrative Tools.=20
c.. Double-click Services.=20
d.. Double-click Messenger Service in the right hand list of local =
services.=20
e.. A Messenger Properties window will appear.=20
f.. In the General tab, set the Messenger service's Start Type to =
Disabled using the pull-down list of Start Types.=20
g.. Also in the General tab, click the Stop button in the Service =
Status section. Your computer will stop the service if it is currently =
running.=20
h.. Click OK. The Messenger Properties window will disappear.=20
i.. Click the File: Exit tab in the Services window, and it will =
disappear.
----- Original Message -----=20
From: sylviavandewall=20
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 6:33 AM
Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- problem
Hello to all,
I'm having a problem on my computer. I don't know if it is a virus or =
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that it is called another name but I could use some help here. First I =
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have these pop-up ads and I think that changes the things on my computer =
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because after I've had those when I go into my favourites, I can't open =
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them anymore. Also the images on my folder change every time. I have =3D
wastebaskets on files and telephones on other files but when I open them =
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they open in the regular way. After I restart the computer things are =
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good again until the ads pop-up again. The pop-ups come, say about every =
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15 minutes when I'm online.
I have WindowsMe and Norton System Works, also spybot and adAware. I run =
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the virusscan from Norton and also the online scan Housecall, but =3D
nothing was found. Still I think something is really wrong.
I'm not an expert on the computer so I don't know where to look and how =
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to find things that don't belong there.
Help please,
Sylvia.........Holland.
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