Re: Serious Windows Messenger Problem

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From: Richard Urban (richardurbanREMOVETHIS_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/17/04 

Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 08:13:04 -0400

Sounds like some errant program has taken over your computer and is trying
to transfer itself to anyone you are communicating with.

Run both SpyBot http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html and
Ad-Aware http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/.

See what they turn up. 

-- 
Regards:
Richard Urban
aka  Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
"Gary Jackson" <gary@midcountypc.com> wrote in message 
news:ebVJQ2AtEHA.2536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> This has happened to me and I now have a friend that also has the same
> problem. Windows messenger suddenly starts just throwing  you into a file
> transfer dialogue for no reason. This started with 4.7 and even after
> upgrading to WM 5.0 it is still occuring. Could somebody please tell me 
> how
> to first get rid of windows messenger 5 and drop back to 4.7. Also, if
> possible, how can you do a repair on windows messenger 4.7? I do not
> understand why this unusual behavior just starts but I would like to know
> how to fix the original installation without upgrading or  re-installing
> windows completely. Thanks for your help. Oh, one more comment. Once this
> unwanted file transfer dialogue pops up we cannot close it. The only way 
> to
> get rid of it is a re-boot.
>
> Gary
>
>
>

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