Re: Error Messenger Service

Greetings Lu,

It's spam. This service should actually be turned off by default when installing Service
Pack 2 of XP, I'd suggest installing that immediately as opposed to some rogue "cleanup"
program:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

However, as a temporary solution before you install SP2, you can just turn off the Messenger
Service. To do so, click Start, then Run, enter "services.msc" and click OK. Scroll down to
"Messenger", select it, right-click and then choose Properties. Under startup type, choose
'Disabled' and then choose the 'Stop' button. After the service is stopped, click OK.
Nothing in Windows or any real third-party applications should be effected by this.

You could also turn on the Windows XP Firewall to kill these as well (SP2 will also turn it
on).

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"Lu" <Lu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have been receiving a error message from Messenger Service, it is like a
pop up. And it states my windows all have a virus infection and I should go
to patchupdate.info. Is this valid or is it a virus we just installed a new
hard drive and reinstalled our windows. how can we have a virus on them if
Mcafee is stating we are fine? Here is the pop up
Now is says stop windows requires immediate attention.
the registry is corrupt and had errors.
patching the errors is required to prevent damage to files.
go to windowsxpcleaner.com and down load the registry cleaner. Do I do this??





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