Help; pop-ups are killing me.

[Bronxkid]

The pop-ups I'm taking about are in a grey box and at the top it says "messenger service." They seem to appear randomly, rather than at specific websites. One is from NetPopUp but I don't remember the rest. I used Popup stopper but it doesn't work, and Adware 6.0 doesn't detect anything unusual in the registry. Anybody have experience w/ these pop-ups? I'm using win xp and internet explorer 6.0 if that helps. Thanks.

 

[ClueLis]

My only advice is to either try Google Toolbar (people seem to have success with that), an ie variant (like MyIE2, Avant, etc.) or try a new browser (Mozilla/Firebird, Opera et. al.). My personal preference is for the last option, but that's completely up to you.

 

[Nothinman]

Disable the messenger service. Not MSN Messenger, Windows Messenger.

 

[Bronxkid]

Thanks for the replies. Under options, the "open when windows starts" is not checked. Is there a different way to disable it?

 

[Nothinman]

Not MSN Messenger, Windows Messenger.

 

[Bronxkid]

Yup, I clicked on start, all programs, windows messenger. It opens the programs and says not logged in. Under tools, options, preferences, I don't have a check next to run this program when windows starts. Now when I clicked on file, close, it appears to be gone but maybe it's hiding in the background. The icon is not there in the bottom right corner. I wonder if it automatically starts when I open outlook.

 

[Bronxkid]

Found the answer on microsoft website: (hope this works)

File ->run type services.msc and hit enter.
Scroll down to messenger and right click and choose properties.
Under startup type choose disabled and under service status choose stop.
Hit ok.