Messenger

[druiaghtagh]

I know its been asked before, but how do get this pain in the nether regions to stop trying to access my dial up connection please

[j2buttonsw]

Stop the messenger service: Start > settings > control panel > adminstative tools > services > find "messenger" in the right hand pane and double click it > stop the service then on "startup type" select "disabled", apply then OK your way out.

[Hippy]

If you are not on line then I wonder if it is the Messenger Service you need to stop, although doing so is a good idea. Try this nice little programme to do the trick for you, called "Shoot the Messenger" at http://www.sharewaresoft.com/Shoot-The-Messenger-d
ownloads-25518.htm

If I were you I would get Zone Alarm, free download for personal version, and then wait and see what programme is trying to hook up to the net. Obtain the free version from http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/prod
ucts/znalm/freeDownload.jsp?lid=zadb_zadown

It might be a good programme that you have inadvertently set to "Check for Updates" at regular intervals. Once you know the programme that issuing the command to connect to the net you can do something about it.

Other nice anti-spyware utilities you might consider are Ad-Aware from http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/
0,fid,7423,00.asp and SpyBot from http://spybot.eon.net.au

[Hippy]

Addendum:

That "Shoot the Messenger" link was to another utility, whilst it will do the job, is a commercial programme with some limitations. What I wanted to mention was a little programme with the same name from this URL. http://grc.com/stm/ShootTheMessenger.htm
Only 22kB so a quick download as apposed to the other 3MB chunk.

[druiaghtagh]

thankyou all for your prompt and helpful replies, seems to have done the trick,Hippy i already use Ad aware thankyou its a very good programme