Fucking Spam Ads

[Guest Retro Rob]

Every hour or so I have this "Message Window" pop up telling me that if I want to stop having these messages I need to purchase some software from www.ENDADS.com. At that site they say how this could also be a security issue, so I should buy their product. Any way of stopping this shit?

[swan]

For Windows 2000 and XP

 

* Go to start and click Run

* Type services.msc

* Double-click on Messenger.

* In the Messenger Properties window, select Stop, then choose Disable as the Startup Type.

* Click OK.

 

For Windows 95, 98, and ME

 

* Under Control Panel, select Add/Remove.

* Select Windows Setup.

* Select System Tools.

* Click Details.

* Uncheck WinPopUp.

* Click OK.

[kkktookmybabyaway]

Thanks, I was wondering this myself because I was playing Diablo a few nights ago and got one of those god-damn ads that minimized my game and killed my guy...

[Guest Retro Rob]

Thanks. They were becoming incredibly annoying.

[Guest Fook]

Thanks for the info.

 

I was getting those ads too and they were getting annoying.

[Guest The Old Me]

I use a couple of reg cleaners and spybots for shit like that and it usually prevents any such problems.

[Guest Fook]

I use Ad-Aware and it would get rid of them temporarily, but they'd always come back.

 

Hopefully now they're gone forever.

[kkktookmybabyaway]

Haven't had once since reading this thread. Quick question -- was whatever I did going to interfere with any other programs, or does it just eliminate those ads?...

[Lando Griffin]

Messenger is useless for home users. It's more for sending messages to people on a LAN saying things like "The server is going down, please save all your work now." I'm 99% sure nothing else is affected by getting rid of Messenger, but if some program does need it, you should probably get rid of that program.

[Repo Man jr]

I've been getting this too. Thanks for the tips swan.