Hi Yogi,

I checked both of the entries in the Registry but there is no Windows
Messenger listed.I have already disabled the entry from Outlook Express. I
dunno even then it does not seem to work. Got a full scan of the pc today
after getting the latest Virus Def.s Tried SpyBot and Ad Aware also......
Sorry for bugging u ppl so much.
Thanks...

"yogi" wrote:

> Just skipped this part. To disable it from Outlook Express follow these steps:
> 1>Open OE and then click on tools menu->then choose the options option.
> 2>Now on the general tab you will have an option that says Automatically log
> on to windows messenger. Just uncheck that and then restart your computer.
> You should not have it running around anymore. But if you still do just end
> it and it will not restart.
>
> Hope this helps
> yogi
>
> "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
> > >
> > >
> > >

Hey Jake,
Try this:
1>Search for the file msmsgs.exe on your computer. There could be multiple
copies of it so dont stop the search before it is complete. It should only be
present under program files\messenger and the file size should be 1.6MB. You
may find another search result under prefetch, you can ignore that. Apart
from this if you find anything else then follow step 2.(My guess -> step2
will need to be followed)
2>Download this antivirus software listed below, install and do a full
system scan. This not to say the ones that you already have are bad but every
software has its own way of functioning. The time for which i have used this
software it has given me no problems what so ever and cleans out all known as
well as unknown viruses(for an eg it cleaned out the supposedly invisible
version of subseven so i consider it to be able to do so).

Antivir: www.free-av.com

Hope this helps
yogi

"Jake Norman" wrote:

> Hi Yogi,
>
> I checked both of the entries in the Registry but there is no Windows
> Messenger listed.I have already disabled the entry from Outlook Express. I
> dunno even then it does not seem to work. Got a full scan of the pc today
> after getting the latest Virus Def.s Tried SpyBot and Ad Aware also......
> Sorry for bugging u ppl so much.
> Thanks...
>
> "yogi" wrote:
>
> > Just skipped this part. To disable it from Outlook Express follow these steps:
> > 1>Open OE and then click on tools menu->then choose the options option.
> > 2>Now on the general tab you will have an option that says Automatically log
> > on to windows messenger. Just uncheck that and then restart your computer.
> > You should not have it running around anymore. But if you still do just end
> > it and it will not restart.
> >
> > Hope this helps
> > yogi
> >
> > "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
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >