He all, I recently re-installed XP and inside of 10 minutes I had started getting these weird messages. I had just configured my dialup connection and the only site I had visited was Microsoft's homepage.

These messages open in the task bar as a closable window and are listed in the Task Manager as Applications. They are title "From Messanger to Registry User" (I think that the wording). I know windows has a valid service like this that is rarely USED, but these come on like ads saying that I need to go to either www.regpro32.com or www.msreg.com, and that my registry is corrupted. That makes no sense since I just installed a fresh XP not 15 minutes prior.

I have seen my share of malware but this is a new one to me. Any ideas? My HiJack logs are sqeaky clean, and SpyBot, AdAware, AVG etc turn up nothing either. I don't get this one. I need the help of a vet here.

THANKS,

JamesDid you have SP2 loaded, the firewall on and antivirus in place before you CONNECTED to the Internet? You can be infected within seconds.

A fresh install of any WIndows and a trip to MS update will IMMEDIATELY show Alexa problems with AdAware. That is with NO other sites being visited.No, just SP1. I did in fact pick up Alexa, that is easily spotted with AdAware like you said. This other one is just plain strange. I've just never seen one quite like this before.i have gotten those errors a million times, i just ignore them, and nothing has been wrong with my computer. to make those messages go away go to: control panel, admin tools, services, find messenger, right click goto properties, click stop and set startup type to disabled. no system components depend on messenger being on so dont worry about turning it off, you wont notice anything different about your computer except those *censored* popup things will be gone. forever.Yes Mr. Midian, I did in fact know that but that you for the suggestion. It's the principal of the thing that bothers me. I have dealt with my share of spyware but this one just has me boggles.

Here is one of the messages that I wrote out:

Code: [Select]Message from SUBSYSTEM to ERROR on 7/6/06 8:15:19 AM

YOUR SYSTEM HAS 46 REGISTRY ERRORS!

To fix the erros please do the following:
1. DOWNLOAD Registry Repair from http://www.patchreg.com
2. Install Registry Repair
3. Run Registry Repair
4. Reboot your computer

FAILURE TO REPAIR AN INVALID REGISTRY MAY LEAD TO DATA CORRUPTION!I think you are clearly infected with spyware now as this is NOT a Microsoft warning and they are wanting to sell you a product. This is not part of a normal Microsoft installation. Period.lmao.. i i thought ad bots where annoying... but this is beyond annoying... im glad i installed SP2 before going to any sites...