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Originally posted by Johnny Rotten
That command string removes MSN Messenger from your system, not the Messenger Service, which can't be removed, only disabled, and is a different program.
To do that, go to Start>Control Panel>Admin Tools>Services, scroll down to Messenger, double-click, select "disable" from the Startup Type dropdown menu, click the Stop button, click Apply, click OK, then reboot your computer.
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Even if you disable messenger, you still have a problem. If you disable messenger, you don't see the pop-ups anymore, but they are still being sent into your computer. The port that the advertisements are using is still open to the internet (and can be exploited by things worse than pop-up ads). Am I wrong?