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Carroll,
I'm pretty sure you are correct about the messenger service and the
UPS but I do not think that messenger has anything to do with the MSN
messenger. Isn't the MSN messenger the one that is dangerous? I
totally uninstalled the MSN messenger and my APC UPS talks to my
computer fine. I didn't disable the messenger service under services.
So what was the start of this tread. Is it the MSblast worm? It uses
RPC and maybe it does use messenger service. I haven't looked.
Anyone out there know? I do know my router & firewall stops blast dead.
Best regards,
Jimmy Snowden
mailto:jhsnowden@xxxxxxx
Wednesday, August 13, 2003, 2:07:44 PM, you wrote:
c> Once again, there are some applications which use the messenger service. On
c> my system, for example, my UPS (uninterruptible power supply) and its
c> monitoring software use the messenger service to communicate and disabling
c> that service disables the computer's ability to monitor and control the UPS.
c> I, too, used to get a large number of these pop-ups, but since I installed
c> Norton Internet Security I have seen none.
c> Regards,
c> Carroll Slemaker
>> very easy to do this ...
>>
>> 1. assuming win2000, go to Start > Settings > Control Panel >
c> Administrative
>> Tools
>>
>> 2. Double Click "Services".
>>
>> 3. Scroll down to "Messenger" and double click.
>>
>> 4. "Stop" service.
>>
>> 5. Set Startup type to "Disabled"
>>
>> Unless you're part of a network, you'll be ok. The Messenger service is
c> used
>> by the administrator to send messages to network users. This services is
>> misused by the "pop-up messages" people.
>>
>> Regards
>> Paul Williams
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