Re: Dialog box ads

From: Anonymous (Anonymous-Remailer_at_See.Comment.Header)
Date: 09/13/04 

Date: 13 Sep 2004 00:51:57 -0000

On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Kerodo <kerodonospamkenny@hotmail.com> wrote:
>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.

No. If the service is shut down it doesn't matter if the packets get
through or not. Using a fire wall to block something that's a configuration
problem is treating a symptom and ignoring the disease. Curing the disease
is _always_ better.

>
>--
>Kerodo 

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