Msmsgs.exe is yet another Microsoft program called Messenger. It is Windows
Messenger as opposed to MSN Messenger. You must disable it in Outlook
Express as well as running Windows Messenger itself and ticking off several
options there as well. I can't remember them all off the top of my head but
it's fairly obvious once you are on the right screen.

Merry Christmas, Kerry

Jake Norman wrote:
> 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