From: Aron Roberts (aron_at_socrates.berkeley.edu)
Date: Mon Sep 15 2003 - 12:09:25 PDT
At 11:17 -0700 2003-09-15, Erik Klavon wrote:
>A quick search on the web gives me the impression that [the Windows]
>messenger [service] isn't easy to disable (you have to disable it both
>in the control panel and in applications that use it).
Steve Gibson has written a little utility, "Shoot The Messenger"
:-) to simplify the task of disabling or re-enabling the Windows
Messenger service under Windows NT, 2000, and XP:
http://grc.com/stm/ShootTheMessenger.htm
Straightforward instructions for manually disabling this service
are provided on the following University of Virginia and Auburn
University Web pages. (These two pages are remarkably similar, but
each includes some unique verbiage that may be useful for adapting
these pages for local documentation.)
http://www.itc.virginia.edu/desktop/docs/messagepopup/
and
http://www.auburn.edu/oit/security/messengerService.html
Gibson's "ShieldsUP!" services also include a test which can "send
your machine a few simple and harmless 'Messenger Spam' pop-up
notes." This test can be used to verify that the Windows Messenger
service has been disabled.
Aron Roberts
Workstation Software Support Group
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