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May 14th, 2004, 06:47 PM
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Re: OT: Help
Have you gone into the Services Control Panel and disabled the service? Not just stop it but disable it? AFAIK there are no critical apps that use it....
EDIT: Oh yeah, you did say you disabled it. Is it possible malware turning it back on? That I have seen...
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May 14th, 2004, 10:12 PM
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Re: OT: Help
Ahhh, i don't know what is more horrible....
Microsoft Products that are hard to disable or Malware that reactivates Microsoft Products once you disable them.... 
Personally i've had no trouble with Windows Messenger. Ever since I installed MSN Messenger it's never been seen running since. 
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May 14th, 2004, 10:15 PM
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Re: OT: Help
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May 14th, 2004, 10:55 PM
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Re: OT: Help
I have mine turned off in the service, though you did make me look at task manager just to double check.
But what is Malware btw? yes I live under a rock, a selective rock though.
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May 14th, 2004, 11:39 PM
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Re: OT: Help
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I've experienced advertisement spamming through messenger service until I kicked it from the system.
Yeah, i had this as well today. I since downloaded the "crucial" Windows Updates and i've seen no more since.  |
May 14th, 2004, 11:53 PM
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Re: OT: Help
Used a program "shoot the messenger" to kill it
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May 15th, 2004, 12:38 AM
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Re: OT: Help
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But what is Malware btw? yes I live under a rock, a selective rock though.
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Generally speaking, Malware is used to describe programs that do things to your system that you don't want them to, usually without telling you about it - such as turning Windows Messenger back on if it has been disabled, allowing you to recieve spammed ads by it.
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