Mesenger is trying to act like a server

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Greetings Mike,

Msmsgs.exe is Windows Messenger. Do you happen to have Norton Antivirus installed by any
chance? If so, recent versions of Norton Antivirus added a new "instant messaging scanning"
feature, which can conflict with Messenger and cause it to also keep starting. To stop it,
open Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the Norton Antivirus icon in the System
Tray/Notification Area (by the clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'), click Options, then
Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger (or Windows Messenger depending on
version) and click OK.
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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
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"Mike" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:158a01c4fb8c$2b4657c0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> In the past 30 minutes, Zone Alarm Pro has alerted me 12
> times that msmsgs.exe is trying to act like a server, each
> time with a different port number. MOops, make that 13 --
> it just happened again. I have previously allowed the
> first instance, but repeated alerts with different ports
> has me concerned.
>
> Any idea what might be going on? I'm not even sure what
> msmsgs.exe is supposed to do.