Re: messenger 's constant access attempt
From: Charliec (charliec_at_invalid.address.com)
Date: 04/04/04
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Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 00:38:23 GMT
Jonathan,
I found the OP in this topic and saw were my problem was. I unchecked the
Instant Messenger in Norton Antivirus and the activity has stopped. Thanks
so much for your suggestions. I've been trying to solve this for months!
Charlie
>Charliec <charliec@invalid.address.com> wrote:
>Jonathan,
>I, too, am trying to get Windows Messenger to stop running. I do not use
>it, but every few seconds it is attempting to access the Internet. I have
>unchecked everything I can in Outlook Express/Tools/Instant Messenger
>Options, but it still appears to be running.
>
>I use Norton Internet Security and if I check the Statistics/View
>Logs/Firewall, there are constant occurences of the following:
>
>An instance of "c:\program files\messenger/msmsgs.exe" is preparing to
>access the internet.
>
>This occurence is every minutes and a half to 2 minutes. What do I need to
>do to get this to stop? I checked in Norton Antivirus/Options/Instance
>Messenger and the only thing checked in messengers to protect is "Instant
>Messenger (it does not say MSN Instant Messenger)".
>
>Any help with this is greatly appreciated.
>Charlie
>
>>"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com> wrote:
>
>>Greetings Tetawon,
>>
>>Actually Messenger on its own won't do this. Do you have Norton Antivirus installed? Recent
>>versions of Norton Antivirus added a new "instant messaging scanning" feature, which can
>>conflict with Windows Messenger and cause it to display this behavior. To stop it, open
>>Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the Norton Antivirus icon in the System Tray/Notification
>>Area (by the clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'), click Options, then Instant Messenger
>>then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger and click OK.
>>____________________________________________
>>Jonathan Kay
>>Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>>Associate Expert
>>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>>
>>
>>"Tetawon" <tetawon@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:beb901c40e4e$5f64dc60$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>>>I have XP Home and Windows Messenger 4.7.0041. I
>>> discovered that messenger does not actually uninstall in
>>> the add/remove option, as just removes the selection from
>>> the startup menu.
>>>
>>> The problem is that messenger continually attempts
>>> accessing the internet, filling up my firewall alert
>>> activity logs. How do I stop this constant attempt by
>>> messenger to access the internet or remove messenger from
>>> my pc?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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