KILL THOSE SPAM POPUPS!
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I have been asked how to stop popups about regfixit,
regcleanup etc.
(Many of )These come through windows messenger service
on windows versions previous to XP SP2.
I use Windows 2K so the first thing I do after a clean
install of Windows is to disable the messaging service so
I won't be prey of spammers any more, this will also help
users of XP previous to SP2 or anyone who needs to stop
these annoying messages..
The service has nothing to do with ICQ, Yahoo
messenger, MSN, and can be disabled without any ill
effects.
Disabling the service is fairly easy to do but the
easiest way is to download the below utility and run it.
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NoMess
by McDaniel Development
www.McDev.com
NoMess is a free application that allows you to disable
the Windows Messenger Service in Windows 2000 and XP, thus
disallowing spammers access to your internal network
messenger protocols.
For more information, please visit http://www.ciac.org/ciac/techbull/CIACTech03-001.shtml
or the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com
.
This software is free, and has no warranty, implied or
otherwise. We are not responsible for misuse or for
problems arising form the use of this software.
Simply right click here (44
KB) and save to your hard drive then open the program. It
will not need installing.
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