Pop-ups are little windows which appear like your web browser, or like an instant messenger window. Spammers and scammers are now using these resources to either sell you a product, or commit fraud. You can protect yourself by being educated in what not to do. What not to do, is respond to them or follow any of the instructions given in them!.

We have received many messages from concerned user who have been made to believe they are 'under investigation' or have committed some type of crime. Usually the Spammer/scammer offers to remedy that (for a price). We have helped those victims secure their machines and to identify/report the offending advertiser.

You can stop the net messenger Pop-ups by following microsoft's instructions. If you're not too sure about changing things in your computer, you can still use StopMessengerSpam to disable messenger services for FREE! Net Messenger pop-ups look much like these collected examples of Net Messenger SPAM we've received.