Pop-Up for windows-patch

[richie]

I keep getting a pop-up which is starting to pee me off trying to sell me a patch to update my windows. Very pro in that it leads you to believe that it is a MS download but infact it is not and they try to sell me a product to update my windows.

How can I stop it appearing. I do not have to be in the explorer for it to popup but just connected to the net.

 

[shugie]

Assuming youve got XP or 2K disable the messenger service, or visit www.grc.com "Shoot the messenger" for information about this problem.

Shug

 

[Detox]

are you using XP?

If so:

Start
Settings
Control Panel
Administrative Settings
Services

Stop the messenger service.

That should fix it.

If not, let me know what operating system you are using

 

[richie]

Thanks guys yes its XP and I removed messenger from outlook but did not know I could do it elsewhere

 

[MiGSel]

You can remove a lot of annoying sh|t from your puter with Ad-aware.

Free download here.

Update the program regularly and run it once a week or so, and you'll be able to remove most of the pop-up and advertising stuff.

Cheers,
Michel