Re: unbelievable amount of adware

Tech-Archive recommends: Speed Up your PC by fixing your registry

Messenger Service is not a flaw, it is a valuable tool many home and
businesses use.
Your fix stops the symptoms but does nothing for the problem...an
unprotected computer.
Stopping Messenger Service, if it is not needed can be good, but stopping is
no means a replacement for a firewall.
As for "Microsoft don't seem to want to do anything about it."
Have you heard of a firewall?
Microsoft has included a firewall with all versions of Windows XP and
encourages use of a firewall.
Also the firewall is enabled by default with SP-2 and later.

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"Country Boy" <CountryBoy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:DD998B5C-C902-4F92-BA23-110B953D6489@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello Daryl
>
> this may help in the short term.
>
> Open "control panel"
>
> Click on "administrative tools"
>
> Click on "services"
>
> You will see the services listed in alphabetical order, so scroll down
> until
> you see "Messenger"
>
> Click on "Messenger" and make sure it is on the "General" tab.
>
> You will see "Startup type:" listed down the left hand side with a drop
> down
> menu to the right.
>
> Make sure that in this drop down menu it says "Disabled"
>
> Below the menu there are four buttons "start, stop, pause and resume"
> click
> on "stop" and then click on "apply" at the bottom right of the window and
> then click on "OK" - it is essential that you click on the "apply" first
> and
> then the "OK".
>
> This should stop many of the pop-ups that you have been receiving. This
> is
> a flaw in Windows operating system that many people have complained about
> because lots of companies have exploited this hole in the MS security but
> Microsoft don't seem to want to do anything about it. As a registered
> Micorosft OEM System Builder, I get more ticked off than most because I am
> usually asked to do something about it. All systems I build and sell have
> this feature disabled before I send them out.
>
> I also advise you to go to the ad-aware site and pay for the professional
> version of ad-aware and then scan your system for spyware, malware and a
> host
> of other things. You will need to can a couple of times. Then use your
> anti
> virus to get rid of anything else.
>
> Country Boy


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