Thanks to both Rojo and Pike. I was pretty sure the messages were bogus. I'll
look into the spyware further on castlecops.

"Pike" wrote:

>
> "Rho" <Rho@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0E1B5496-49DD-44E9-AF14-14D9F21C171A@microsoft.com...
> >I have just connected to the internet and I'm getting constant pop-up
> > messages from 'Messenger Service' telling me my Windows Registry is
> > severely
> > corrupted and warning of dire consequences if I don't download from
> > www.RegistryFixGold.com, www.msregistrycleaner.com, and a couple of
> > similar
> > sites.
> >
> > I strongly suspect that this is spyware or something similar. Is that all
> > it
> > is?
> >
> > If so, how do I stop the darned things popping up every couple of minutes?
> > I've got pop-ups blocked already.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Rho
>
> Go to this forum, http://castlecops.com/forum67.html
>
> That's the place to go the sort of problem you are having.
>
> Good luck
>
>
>