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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 07/19/04


Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 07:43:42 -0700

are you on high speed then disable messenger service or run
a firewall zonelabs.com zonealarm is free
also start,control panal,performance ,admin
tools,services,and disable windows messenger service

>-----Original Message-----
>even when i am off line, occasionally a popup window
>appears (that looks similar to something from windows)
>and is labeled messenger service. It either tells me
>that my system has been compromised and that i should
>visit windowspatch.org to fix the problem, or other ones
>seems to be advertising ways to prevent this type of
>popup through the downloading of a program from a
>specified web site.
>
>How is this happening if i am not running explorer at the
>time it pops up.
>
>I ran a updated versions of xoftspy and adaware and no
>spyware was found.
>
>Please help
>Brian
>.
>



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