Msn Messenger is disabled and also I have disabled the service and it is not
running. But in Task Manager their is a process by the name msmsgs.exe which
is hogging a lot of memory. And it does not seem to quit even after manually
stopping it. Checked my pc with NORTON AV, SpyBot as well as Ad- Aware and
they have given it a clean bill. I searched the exe in Windows and found it
in Windows Prefetch directory. And yes it is not connecting to internet as I
have disabled all unnecessary internet connections thru Zone Alarm.I am not
sure what to do now.

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

> Jake Norman wrote:
> > I have diabled Windows Messenger service from running through the
> > Services console+disabled it from the messenger's options as well.
> > The process was not appearing earlier but after the recent windows
> > update, this process keeps on running and hogs the memory.It restarts
> > after it is manually stopped.
> > I searched the windows for the exe and found only this entry in
> > Windows Prefetch folder"MSMSGS.EXE-2B6052DE.pf".Any ideas how can I
> > get rid of this process. Thanx
>
> The Windows Messenger service and Microsoft Messenger are two different
> entities. Unfortunately Microsoft picked very similar names. One is a
> service and one is a program. Which one is causing the problem? Does the
> Messenger service restart or does the Messenger program restart? If it's the
> program some of the other posts in the thread tell you how to stop it. If
> it's the service it's likely some malware has infected your computer.
>
> Kerry
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