Re: Dialog box ads

From: Kerodo (kerodonospamkenny_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/13/04 

Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 15:31:34 -0700

In article <Z141d.64548$Kt5.30557@twister.nyroc.rr.com>,
news@DELETE_THISmccune.cc says...
> "Kev" <xj91k@ntlworld.com> wrote in
> news:cR31d.1671$_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.

True, but it would be better if he could figure out why those packets
are getting thru his firewall. 

-- 
Kerodo

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