Re: Dialog box ads

From: Tom McCune (news_at_DELETE_THISmccune.cc)
Date: 09/13/04 

Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 22:26:01 GMT

"Kev" <xj91k@ntlworld.com> wrote in
news:cR31d.1671$_67.732@newsfe2-win.ntli.net:

> I receive lots of unsolicited advertisements in the form of dialog
> boxes. Most of them have "Messenger Service" displayed in the title
> bar. Is it possible to block them using a firewall? I have McAfee
> Personal Firewall+ installed, but nothing in the event log corresponds
> to these dialog box messages, so it's hard to know what to block.

If you disable the Messenger Service (not the same as Windows Messenger),
that will stop. 

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Tom McCune
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