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Net Send/Windows Messenger Service

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Original Message
Name: kyrospeare
Date: April 20, 2004 at 05:11:14 Pacific
Subject: Net Send/Windows Messenger Service
OS: WinXP
CPU/Ram: 250
Comment:

I recently found an articly that shows me how to disable the windows messenger service. So that I would not receive spam. I opened the command prompt and was directed to type in "net send 127.0.0.1 hi" which I did and the message appeared on my computer. Why is it asking me to type in "127.0.0.1" is that necessarily the IP I need to use? Did I send a message to someone with that IP? Or is it some sort of standard IP?

Thanks for helping me understand.


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Response Number 1
Name: gpp
Date: April 20, 2004 at 05:44:04 Pacific
Subject: Net Send/Windows Messenger Service
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>Did I send a message to someone with that IP?

Yes, that someone was you. 127.0.0.1 refers to your pc.

That is exactly what the messenger service does, it sends messages to pcs.. just like the example you ran. People can bombard you with messages(spam), but its not likely that'll ever happen. If you're still worried, you can go into the component services manager and dissable it, or you can type 'net stop messenger' into your command prompt.


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Response Number 2
Name: Sci-Guy
Date: April 20, 2004 at 05:53:01 Pacific
Subject: Net Send/Windows Messenger Service
Reply: (edit)

127.0.0.1 is the loopback address. It points to your own machine.



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