messenger service pop-up???

hi, can anyone help me with this problem i have with my computer? my bro told me he went to this site his friend sent him and now we keep getting ads from a messenger service pop-up. i heard that the site has our IP and keeps sending us stupid ads... anyone know how to stop this???

go to www.lavasoft.com and download Ad-aware,a freeware program that finds all the spyware that unscrupulous websites install into your hard drive.That should fix it.:cool:

wrong site???
o yea i have this program, but it wont get rid of this msg service ad thing... i think the site keeps sending ads to me instead of something being in my hard drive... cant change my ip right now either X_X

Originally posted by BluStori
wrong site???

my bad, but there is a link at the bottom of that page.

http://www.lavasoft.de/

Ad-aware is made by Lavasoft, but i got it from www.download.com and just searched for "ad-aware"

i actually get that pop up thing too on windows messenger, usually advertising porn sites and the like.

dope`! so i guess that means u can't get rid of it??? its annoying when im playing online games. it pops up and crashes my games

i think its basically the same principle as an instant message. so the only way to get rid of it is to block incoming messages from people who arent on your contact list, or close msn while your playing games.

i dont have msn, i have cable :( so i dunno wat to do

No no, I know what you mean. It's not in anyway related to MSN Messenger. It's a program built into windows intended to allow tech support guys to send you messages even if you don't have a messaging system. They send the message directly to your IP address, and it pops up in Windows. However, unfortunately, the spammers discovered it and have abused it, Ad-aware won't do anything about it since it's not spyware.

However, you can stop it. I had the problem like crazy, but try this program: http://www.intermute.com/bin/ms/msg.exe
It's called MessageSubtract, just a little 200kb program that will disable the Windows messaging function. You can re-enable it at any time if you want.

This is assuming you're talking about these.....

omg thanx a bunch!!!
ur pro :D
but do u need to keep this prog on all the time?

Nope, once it disables the messaging function, it should stay disabled and you can close the program. If you start getting the popups again, just re-open the program and minimize it

aha thats the problem i was having. but with it saying messenger service i thought it was from MSN Messenger.