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Block Windows Messenger Service Pop-up Ads With a Free Download From Winferno Software.


Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2003

In an effort to protect home and small business users from the growing number of Windows Messenger The instant messaging (IM) client in Windows XP. Windows Messenger is the XP counterpart to MSN Messenger, both of which have been upgraded to Windows Live Messenger. Organizations can use the instant messaging capabilities in Microsoft Exchange to set up a private IM system.  Service pop-up ads, web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you.  security provider Winferno offers a free download, StopMess, that will eliminate these advertisements with one mouse click. The Window Messenger Service Messenger Service is a network-based system notification service included in some versions of Microsoft Windows. This service, although it has a similar name, is not related in any way to the .  pop-up ads appear on users' computers as a way to solicit advertisements, lead users to another web site or possibly enter a user's computer unauthorized.

"Our users are asking us, at an alarming rate, for assistance in removing these pop-up windows that are controlled by a PC's operating system operating system (OS)

Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs.
," said Jon Lal, President of Winferno Software. "Since our mission is to deliver web browser security to all users, we thought it was best to provide a free tool and offer it immediately to any user."

To complement the free download and provide web browser security, Winferno recently updated Secure IE 2003(TM), which eliminates security threats while web browsing. Secure IE 2003 offers features like a one time, automatic set-up for zone-based security settings, which can then automatically be updated with Secure IE's Internet Security ''This article or section is being rewritten at

Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software.
 Advisor.

Other security features include intercepting all file downloads and then routing authorized files through a virus scanner See antivirus program. ; there is also built-in blocking of undesirable pop-ups, Flash and ActiveX commands, and many other security features. Along with security, Secure IE 2003 offers productivity features like easier search, faster downloads, highlighting and sticky notes and the ability to save web pages as a single file or use a tab view for multiple web pages.

How to Access the StopMess Free Download

The StopMess free download designed to block Windows Messenger Service pop-up ads is now available to all users and can be downloaded from http://www.secureie.com/stopmessenger.asp

Separately, Secure IE 2003 is available on a 15-day free trial. Its retail price is $29.95. Secure IE 2003 may be purchased from http://www.secureie.com. Secure IE 2003 is also available through McAfee's website. All Winferno software comes with a 30-day, 100% money back guarantee.

About Winferno Software

Founded in 2000, Winferno Software is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market
close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation
 based in Boston, Massachusetts “Boston” redirects here. For other uses, see Boston (disambiguation).
Boston is the capital and most populous city of Massachusetts.[3] The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the unofficial economic and cultural center of the entire New
. Winferno developed Secure IE(TM), the first Internet security software tool, to protect consumers from web browser security threats, a menace not satisfactorily addressed by other products on the market. Winferno is also dedicated to providing research professionals with a powerful suite of research tools, offering Research-Desk(TM), a productivity application that has been inducted into the Microsoft Windows See Windows.

(operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then.
 User Group Network's Hall of Fame. For more information on Winferno visit www.winferno.com.

Secure IE, PopSmart, and ActiveX Adapter are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Capital Intellect Inc in the United States and or other countries. Other product and company names herein are trademarks of their respective owners.
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