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#72570 - 03/09/03 06:07 AM 'Messenger Service'...gnnaarrrghh
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Hmmmm I guess this is the place to post it.

When I play any online games etc I have to have my firewall etc turned off. Recently my games have been interrupted and and have gone back to desktop at random periods.

This has been caused by some sort of prog called 'Messenger Service'. After the desktop appears theres a little window with a porno ad or boy wants to meet girl type of message.

I have brought up Windows Task Manager and in Applications it just states that Messenger Service is running. When I right click on the application and click 'Go to Process' it goes to something called CSRSS.EXE. When I try to shut down CSRSS.EXE it says that it actually a critical system process and that Task manager cant shut it down.

I cant find any files with either Messenger Service or CSRSS.EXE in Search (but then Im not very good at stuff like this anyway )

I also dont want to mess around with it if it is a critical system process but its driving me insane.

Help!
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#72571 - 03/09/03 06:11 AM Re: 'Messenger Service'...gnnaarrrghh
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Its in control panel under administrative tools/computer management/services

Find the messenger tab and either disable it or set it to manual.
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#72572 - 03/09/03 06:16 AM Re: 'Messenger Service'...gnnaarrrghh
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Excellent, thanks a lot Shiva

Any idea why this suddenly started to come to life?
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#72573 - 03/09/03 06:27 AM Re: 'Messenger Service'...gnnaarrrghh
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Not too long ago someone learned how to exploit the service, so its been happening a lot lately. Its meant as a service to send messages from administrator to users across the lan... like SHUTTING DOWN ALL COMPUTERS IN 10 MINUTUES... SAVE YOUR WORK! etc...

Unfortunately.. the nets one big lan...
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#72574 - 03/10/03 10:02 AM Re: 'Messenger Service'...gnnaarrrghh
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I didnt even know it existed. Iwas searching for an independent prog that somehow got onto my system.
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#72575 - 03/10/03 10:24 AM Re: 'Messenger Service'...gnnaarrrghh
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Didnt I post something about this in Software Troubles a while back ?
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#72576 - 03/10/03 01:18 PM Re: 'Messenger Service'...gnnaarrrghh
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Perhaps, but we ignore ghosts.
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#72577 - 03/10/03 01:22 PM Re: 'Messenger Service'...gnnaarrrghh
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ahh touche... hehe but then I think I shall reply with I ignore Gods
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#72578 - 03/10/03 01:27 PM Re: 'Messenger Service'...gnnaarrrghh
Shiva Offline
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And you wonder why you're a miserable ghost.... Woo captain logic..
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#72579 - 03/10/03 01:29 PM Re: 'Messenger Service'...gnnaarrrghh
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Yup lol I am miserable.. hehe miserable and HUNGOVER
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