How do I get rid of this freaking pop up %^%^%%##@@$%^&&*(*

[Howdoulikemenow333]

Help.... I have this pop up(I cleaned out my computer even DL the windows xp cd's again it says STOP WINDOWS REQUIRE IMMEIDATE ATTENTION.

it alwayssays windows found 55 errors and DL registry update which I did and nothing happens oyu have to buy the dl,and it says at the end Faliure to act now may lead to system faillure...... All in large caps.
How do I get rid of this freaking pop up?

[robyrob]

first turn off the Messenger service in XP:

1. Click on the Start button and open the control panel.
2. Open the Performance and Maintenance control panel and go to Administrative Tools.
3. Now double-click on Services, then scroll to Messenger.
4. Double-click Messenger and click Stop to stop the service.
5. Change the startup type to Disable.

- or -

download Steve Gibson's Shoot The Messenger

that should stop the popup, now if you actually downloaded whatever program they were spamming you with, you are going to have a much bigger mess to clean up - start by updating your Spybot and AdAware, and then run them both in Safemode, then post a HijackThis log.

check these MS articles out: Messenger Service of Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default...B;en-us;168893

Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement
Appears
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=330904

Stopping Advertisements with Messenger Service Titles
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...e/stopspam.asp

Blocking Ads, Parasites, and Hijackers with a Hosts File
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

you should really make sure that you do all of your Windows Updates RIGHT AWAY, and then keep doing it regularily

[Howdoulikemenow333]

Originally Posted by robyrob

first turn off the Messenger service in XP:

1. Click on the Start button and open the control panel.
2. Open the Performance and Maintenance control panel and go to Administrative Tools.
3. Now double-click on Services, then scroll to Messenger.
4. Double-click Messenger and click Stop to stop the service.
5. Change the startup type to Disable.

- or -

download Steve Gibson's Shoot The Messenger

that should stop the popup, now if you actually downloaded whatever program they were spamming you with, you are going to have a much bigger mess to clean up - start by updating your Spybot and AdAware, and then run them both in Safemode, then post a HijackThis log.

check these MS articles out: Messenger Service of Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default...B;en-us;168893

Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement
Appears
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=330904

Stopping Advertisements with Messenger Service Titles
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...e/stopspam.asp

Blocking Ads, Parasites, and Hijackers with a Hosts File
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

you should really make sure that you do all of your Windows Updates RIGHT AWAY, and then keep doing it regularily

Thanks I'll try it right now,hold on i'll let you know how it goes.