[MD_Willington_1976]

What OS are you running...if it's XP Home or Pro then MSMSG.EXE (messenger) loads up if you check your email anyway, and it runs in the background forever until you kill it with the task manager...

Later

MD

[Cicero]

I run XP Pro. But I've used Gibson Research's Shoot the Messenger to turn of MS Messenger. Also his other little progams.