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| | FTC Recommends Users Disable Windows Messenger Service - Technology News by TechWeb |
 | | Windows Messenger Service, not be confused with the Windows Messenger, Microsoft's instant messaging client, is a network service typically used to put up pop-ups on client systems' screen to alert users of such events as an impending network shut-down, or the unavailability of a print or file server. |
 | | Microsoft has already announced that it would disable the service by default in the next Service Pack for Windows XP, which is scheduled to release in mid-2004, said Sean Sundwall, a spokesman for Microsoft. |
 | | Part of the danger of Windows Messenger Service, said Ken Dunham, an analyst with iDefense, a Reston, Va.-based security intelligence firm, is that spammers and attackers are increasing using the same vectors, often with hackers following the lead of spammers. |
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