Messenger service spam (was: Pop Up AD)

From: Thor Kottelin (thor@anta.net)
Date: 12/18/02 

From: Thor Kottelin <thor@anta.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 12:00:58 +0200

Hank Missenheim_Jr wrote:
>
> Aren't those pop-ups coming from the access provider? I would assume
> someone would need admin privileges on the network to send those?

All the spammer needs is access to your NetBT ports. You shouldn't allow the
general Internet access to those ports. You're responsible for setting such
privileges on the systems you administrate.

This question has nothing to do with MSN Messenger; follow-ups set.

Thor 

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