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msmsgs.exe is simply Windows Instant Messenger.
What is msmsgs.exe?
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msmsgs.exe is Windows Instant Messenger. Not to be confused with msnmsgr.exe which is MSN instant messenger.
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Article C2172 - August 28, 2004
Leo A. Notenboom has been playing with computers since he
was required to take a programming class in 1976. An 18 year career as a programmer at Microsoft soon followed.
After "retiring" in 2001, Leo started Ask Leo! in 2003 as a place for answers
to common computer and technical questions. More about Leo.
I have norton internet security 2003, and everytime i get on the internet or when i am surfing i get a pop up from norton utilities letting me know what is accessing the internet, and msmsg.exe always pops up saying that it is accessing the internet and i wanted to know what type of problems this can cause and if it is a problem? I checked out a website and downloaded shoot the messenger to disable messenger and disable port 1035 because of an error i read on a webpage that said that that particular port is used for malicious acts. Please let me know how to stop that message from popping up and being completely removed from my computer. Thanks David
Posted by: David at November 12, 2004 5:16 PMwhat is the internet gateway connection that appeared on my internet connections in control pannel
Posted by: bob at March 14, 2005 1:19 PMHard to say. What were you doing around the time it "appeared"?
Posted by: Leo at March 14, 2005 2:55 PMI Have the same problem with internet gateway.Actually someone at sympatico.ca informed me that gateway could sometimes be the culprit for disconnecting me from the internet.Why do I have three connections in network connections anyway,Do I need them?Can I delete gateway if I am not using it?
Posted by: Roderick Brentnall at April 30, 2006 10:29 PMmsmsg.exe was causing my system to hang. My procesor would run flat out until I manually stopped the process. I fixed this by:
Posted by: michael at May 28, 2006 9:20 AMA - I changed from Symantec to McAfee.
I think it is a system flaw with Symantic and Microsoft XP.