RE: block MSN Messenger

[<Salvador.Manaois () infineon com>]

Granted that the uninstallation works, it still does not stop users from being able to connect to the MSN messenger 
though other means (prime example, Miranda).

Have you tried blocking from your proxy the URLs mentioned in the KB below? A quick and dirty solution would be to 
modify the hosts file to point the url to a bogus entry. =)

...badz...

-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan [mailto:ryan () robertslink net] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 5:11 AM
To: Bruyere, Michel
Cc: Justin Gill; Kelly John Rose; security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: block MSN Messenger


There is a way to uninstall MSN messenger, if it is not needed. I did 
this on my machine and i have had no problems what so ever.

Put this command line in the Run command window (to get there click on 
Start then click on RUN)

Enter this entire string.

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove


This string will uninstall MSN messenger from the computer.


Link was found on the internet by searching on google.



Bruyere, Michel wrote:
> Hi, 
>       I tried this but it's not working... For some reasons, the HTTP 
> function still can connect. There is around 50 host where the client can connect to...
> Any other ideas?
>
>
>
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : Justin Gill [mailto:jdgill () gmail com]
> > Envoyé : Thursday, April 21, 2005 1:19 PM
> > À : Kelly John Rose
> > Cc : Bruyere, Michel; security-basics () securityfocus com
> > Objet : Re: block MSN Messenger
> >
> > Please see the article "MSN: How to disable MSN Messenger and MSN Web 
> > Messenger in a corporate environment" on the Microsoft Knowledge base. 
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889829