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Just recently, I've been recieving pornography advertisements in the form of an IM and it's really ticking me off. I've had about eight of them so far within a three day period. Is there anyway of stoping this other that removing it or just blocking it?

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I used to have that same exact problem. It was extremely annoying, especially when I was in the middle of a game, and the thing pops up and prevents me from killing a Reborn....grumble.....

 

The actual program it uses is not MSN Instant Messenger, but some kind of messenging system where the admin can send messeges to the rest of the users on the PC....or something like that. Anyway, what you have to do is navigate to Administrative Tools | Services in the control panel, double-click on Messenger and click on Stop. Then set the Startup Type to Manual or Disable. Click on OK and the pop-up spam will be blocked.

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yeah same here krk...

although I have had it happen to me on MSN IM...but only once. and considering that I'm on MSN IM alot I think it's pretty safe.

 

BTW, why do you leave MSN IM on when you are playing a game? Tis crazy...I'd rather devote those resources to my game rather than suffer a potential crash of the game or frag out. That's why I just exit MSN IM when I'm playin most games...just personal preference I guess...but still...

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Nope, doesn't work. Just got two today. Is it possable that MSN is trying to get people to get MSN 8? They'd take off the protection software and say MSN 8 is better with more protection. Grrr..another one!

 

I usually leave MSN Messenger on when I'm playing a game and it really doesn't slow down the game. I think I have the program allowed to run in the background or something like it.

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I usually leave MSN Messenger on when I'm playing a game and it really doesn't slow down the game. I think I have the program allowed to run in the background or something like it. [/b]

 

Either way, you're just asking to be messaged when you're on like that :p

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To shut off popup ads that occur on your Win XP comp when NOT surfing

the net: Go to the control panel and click on Administrative Tools, and then

click on Services. Find the ones marked "Messenger" and "Alerter" and click

on them. Click the "Stop" button. When you see the box labeled "Startup Type"

change it to "Disabled."

See here fore more details:

http://www.auburn.edu/oit/security/messengerService.html

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OK then... just ditch MSN Messenger. If you don't have an account, you'll never miss it. It's a major resource hog, and an open door to your PC.

And if you DO have an MSN account you can't live without,.. well, I've heard good things about Trillian. ;)

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Actually I had that problem only the first time I signed up for ICQ. In fact, about less than a minute after I first signed on, it was a porn IM. So, needless to say I was immediately turned off by ICQ, plus I hate guessing who is who, by some long ass number. These days, I use Trillian, which connects me to most all of the big messangers services out there, and I get no problems with IMs.

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