Re: MSN Messenger/Win Messenger

Thanks. That helped clear some of the confusion.

Being a document from MS it obviously did not talk about the downsides of
these 2. I know one is used by spammers, maybe both are. I am in a 3 PC
home wireless LAN that share the cable internet through a router. Unless I
am mistaken, it seems that I do not need either one and can safely disable
both. Am I correct?

Jeff

Brandon wrote:
This download should help:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5e921409-d143-45ca-9a1c-7636a7cbca9e&displaylang=en


"Jeff" <jeff@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am confused between MSN Messenger and Windows messenger. I know
that at least one is exploited by malware to send popups and other
similar
things you may not want and therefore it is often recommended to disable
it.

Which service is the one that it is advisable to disable? Maybe
both? (I do not use Instant messenger).

Thanks.

Jeff



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