6 Steps to blocking MSN Messenger

When you are attempting to block MSN Messenger, it is like a Medusa, the goddess with a head full of snakes. You chop off one snake head and another hissing serpent appears to take it’s place.

To effectively block MSN Messenger, you must be sure to block all these variants. Never underestimate the cleverness of kids, students, and employees to find backdoors and variants of the program to get to their MSN instant messaging!

 Here are 6 things to block that will go a long way in blocking msn messenger.

1. Block MSN Windows Messenger
This is the MSN Messenger that comes loaded in every copy of Windows XP, it’s native to the operating system.

2. Stop MSN Messenger Program
This is the MSN Messenger that you download for free from the MSN Passport Site. At the time of this writing it’s MSN Messenger 8.0 although many still use MSN Messenger 7.0 and other earlier variants.

3. Block MSN Explorer
The MSN Explorer software also comes loaded with Windows XP, and it contains browsers and messengers.

4. Website - MSN Passport
This is the MSN Service at www.passport.net, You can use the Passport Network to sign in to MSN Messenger, MSN Hotmail, MSN Music, and other sites and services.

5. Website - MSN Web Messenger
Located at webmessenger.msn.com, this is MSN’s browser based instant messenger service. Users can log in anwhere and be online and messenging. At school, at work, at the library…

6. Watch, Block MSN Proxy Sites
These are proxy urls to the MSN Web Messenger servers. There are numerous proxy sites, and they must be blocked in order to have complete blocking of MSN Messenger. Examples are www.meebo.com, www.ebuddy.com, etc.

Of course, you could figure a plan to block all these variants with various port and isa server blocking schemes. Or you can just install IM Lock and instantly block all of them. Just be cognizant of the fact that users are very clever and you must cover all the bases to effectively Block MSN Messenger!