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Messenger Service

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saghir31

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Feb 19, 2003
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CA
Hi everyone
I am getting a lot of messages through the pop ups while internet browsing.the title of the pop is messenger service.Is there any way to get rid of it.
Thanks
 
This has been brought up in this forum and in forum779 numerous times. The short answer is either setup a firewall (xp's is sufficient) to block ports 135-139 or disable the messenger service. For more info, use the keyword search function in these forums.
 
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