The Messenger service is a system notification service designed for system administrators to notify Windows users about their networks using NET SEND. This should not be confused with MSN Messenger, or Windows Messenger as these are totally unrelated.
Advertisers have started using this service to send information about their products using mass-messaging software, and these messages could be used maliciously to distribute a virus. It was because of this issue that the Messenger service has been disabled by default in Windows XP Service Pack 2.
Advertisers have started using this service to send information about their products using mass-messaging software, and these messages could be used maliciously to distribute a virus. It was because of this issue that the Messenger service has been disabled by default in Windows XP Service Pack 2.



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