This is not a virus. There is nothing wrong with your computer. Please read people, I know what I type. There is nothing to worry about, the messenger service is merely a service on your computer. It is simply there so if you enter a given IP, any message you type will be displayed on the targets computer. Advertisers have noticed this feature and began sending those messages to random IP ranges.

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for real? darn! this operating system that i'm currently been using has been installed just recently, and now i have to reinstall it again? is there any other way? because i really don't want to do those re-installing stuff all over again. it's taking too much of my time already.

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I used to have the same problem... I do not know how i got rid of it but it just suddenly disappeared. Just make sure you dont download any dumb useless programs and make sure you have a good Virus Protection and Spyware killer

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Oh come on! Please understand, this is not a virus. There is nothing wrong with your computer. Update your computer and the service will be disabled by default.

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Hey its definitely a malware. Well, there are many companies which make them for their publicity. They sometimes seem to be good but they are really bugging. They dont really do what they say they do. Just to get their website many many hits they do all this. I recommend you to never install any activeX components if any website offers them. And also you should get your computer protected with Norton Antivirus 2005, or Norton Internet Security which offers spam protection, FireWall, Blocks unauthorised access, blocks backdoor application and protects your computer from any attack. I would really recommend you to install a firewall.

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Oh please... honestly people, read!

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EVERYONE CALM DOWN. Thank you. Wolves, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, you shouldn't go and bash them, you yourself could be wrong.. My suggestion for your messages is when they pop up, open task manager, go to applications and find the window, right-click on it and hit go to process, take note of what the process is called and then end it. Next go to control panel and then to "add and remove programs" look through the list for anything suspicious or similar in any way to the process name you just found, then uninstall that program. This is just a possible solution to your pop-up problem, for your browser and image problems, I have no idea. Seeing that this person has not replied for 7 days, I suppose it was a virus and finally got him.

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Ahh, but I'm not wrong. This was a major issue for a long time and when SP1 was released it was disabled by default. If you don't believe me, then:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/s...e/stopspam.mspx

Do you honestly think that Microsoft would install a service to spam people's comuters? I already wrote I know what I type and I was continually ignored. Anyways, that above article will stop your problem. And dark drgn, please don't tell me that I could be wrong. I wouldn't post unless I knew what the problem was.

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Topic has been answered and is now closed.

Please read post #13 and #21 to find the answer. To turn off the messenger service,

Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services

and look for "Messenger" Right click and select Properties. Under General tab select "disable" on Startup Type. This will disable your intranet messenger service. It is also good idea to change your Network Group name to something else than the default "Workgroup" or "MsHome" This is the most common reason why you're getting internal messages.

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