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Monday, October 06, 2003

Block Messenger Spam aka Webpopup Advertisements @ Re-QUEST dot Net (tm)

Block Messenger Spam aka Webpopup Advertisements @ Re-QUEST dot Net (tm)

To stop it for this session simply type:
net stop messenger

Sure you can put this in your startup script and make it stop every time. But it is simpler to go to your registry and disable it once and for all.

BTW: I do not endorse their product nor have I used it. The only reason I pointed to this link is because I thought they had some info on the problem (and some hype too :) ).