Re: Dialog box ads

From: Jose Maria Lopez Hernandez (jkerouac_at_bgsec.com)
Date: 09/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:20:47 +0200

Kerodo 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.
>

And disabling Messenger Service don't solve the problem, you still
get those anoying messages anyway. I couldn't stop them with
Sygate Personal Firewall. 

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Jose Maria Lopez Hernandez
Director Tecnico de bgSEC
jkerouac@bgsec.com
bgSEC Seguridad y Consultoria de Sistemas Informaticos
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