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Messenger Pop-Ups
Lately I have been inundated with pop-up windows sent through the built in messenger service in Windows. I get more and more pissed every time I see one, so I did a quick Google search which returned an article that shows, in a few simple steps, how to disable them. I offer it here to help you rid the world of evil messenger pop-ups: Block Webpopup Spam Advertisements aka Messenger Spam.
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Comments
I get attacked by evil pop-ups when I open a link from my sidebar. I don't know what to do about it... :-P Really annoying. I will try that URL to see if I can fix it.
.: Bea said on February 12, 2003 10:26 AM :: link it :.oh thanks for the info on that, those are so annoying UGH heheheh hack it! if you don't like it!
.: Rebecca said on February 12, 2003 03:14 PM :: link it :.Thank you! Thank you! Those irritating are really intrusive! I'm passing this link on. BTW, I've only been blogging for a few months but I dig on your site. It's one of my favorites.
.: Sherry said on February 12, 2003 03:56 PM :: link it :.I use Trillian for Instant Messaging. It connects to MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, and ICQ all at the same time so I can chat w/ anyone on any network. It's great and it's free: http://www.trillian.cc
.: Laserone said on February 13, 2003 03:40 PM :: link it :.Oh, and my point was: no popups, LOL. (I forgot to mention.)
.: Laserone said on February 13, 2003 03:41 PM :: link it :.Thanks so much for helping me stop the messenger monster. I have been dealing with this for way to long.
A VERY BIG THANKS.
I use Trillian and I still get pop-ups.
.: Erin said on March 13, 2003 08:44 PM :: link it :.I have a windows messanger service pop up and it is for a web cam and i cant stop it. The problem is i cant find the messenger service on om add remove programme either, so i need somekind of programme can anyone please advise me as this is embarrasing
.: Jat said on March 24, 2003 04:48 AM :: link it :.thank you so much. I was searching for a solution and I knew that there was a better one than spending money on some peice of "software" just to get rid of web based pop ups...
thanks again
.: tc said on April 19, 2003 11:00 AM :: link it :.I use Messenger Blocker from http://www.how2stop.com
Its pretty inexpensive at $12.95 and was just what a computer challenged guy like me needed. Just a single button click and im rid of these popups at last.
Thumbs up from me!!
Charlie
Alford,FL
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