Recently, I began to receive spam messages that simply pop up on my computer screen. After a little research, I discovered that this spamming technique uses Windows built-in Messenger service, which ...

Facebook likes to get its way — even if that means forcing users to download spin-off apps or use new features. Just about a week after the social network reintroduced the option to make Messenger the ...

Facebook wants to make it harder for scammers to trick unsuspecting users. The social network is launching a new feature for Messenger that will surface an in-app popup when a person is messaged by ...

Facebook Messenger has started showing a pop-up notification asking users to check their privacy settings. The note asks people to check their settings by May 25, when a strict new European privacy ...

Windows computer users are fuming over a new breed of pop-up ads with a dubious sales pitch: Buy our software, and protect yourself from pop-ups like this one! The gray pop-ups, known as Messenger ...

Q. I have a brand new computer with Windows XP and cannot seem to get rid of the Windows Messenger Instant Message feature that interrupts me throughout the workday. I have disabled Windows Messenger ...