In msconfig Services, I unchecked Messenger and Automatic Updates and this disabled even the option to enable them elsewhere in Windows.  

Steve Gibson's tweaks are great!  
    Shoot The Messenger
    The DCOMbobulator
    UnPlug 'n Pray    

Anna

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Don Penlington 
To: [log in to unmask] 
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 5:34 AM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] messenger service pop up


>I believe there's a little more to it than simply disabling the Messenger
>service.

To completely get rid of the security danger of Messenger, go to Steve
Gibson's well-known "ShieldsUp" security advice site
http://www.grc.com/default.htm and download his little free utility "Shoot
the Messenger".

While there, you would be well advised to download the other 2 tiny
security utilities as well. They're free and well tested.

You can run a couple of simple security tests on your computer from that
site. Highly recommended.

Messenger was no doubt a good idea at the time it was conceived, but like
so many other good ideas, it has been sabotaged by those nasty people who
wish to exploit the 'net for their own selfish ends, and ruin it for the
rest of us.  We are told it now poses high security risks for most users.

Don Penlington

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