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Getting annoying pop-ups from spammers like "www.DESTROYADS.com" when Windows Messenger (4.7) is running?

These are taking advantage of the Messenger Service which can be disabled without affecting your ability to use instant messaging for chat:

1. From the Start menu, choose Run and type in services.msc then click OK;
2. A new window appears with lots of "services" listed on the right hand side;
3. Scroll down to find the Messenger service; right click it and choose Properties;
4. Under Startup Type select Disabled;
5. Click the Stop button;
6. Click the Apply button;
7. Click the OK button.

Update: Windows Messenger 5.0 lets you "filter out instant messaging spam". Download here. Might this address the issue?

Update: Microsoft plan to disable Messenger Services with Windows XP Service Pack 2 according to a report at The Register.

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