Re: annoying pop up ads from messenger

From: Michel Gallant (MVP) (neutron@istar.ca)
Date: 02/19/03 

Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 10:03:14 -0500
From: "Michel Gallant (MVP)" <neutron@istar.ca>

While disabling Windows Messenger Service is not a substitute for
proper firewalling (parallel post), here is information specific to
quickly disabling that service, along with some excellent references:
   http://pages.istar.ca/~neutron/servicespanel

 - Michel Gallant
   MVP Security
   http://www.jensign.com

annoyed wrote:

> Whenever im on-line I recieve ads via messenger even
> though im not logged on to it and have never used it.
> How do I block it from doing this? Does this mean that
> my computer is unsecure?
>
> Please help this is extremely annoying and troubling.
>
> Thank you for your assistance.

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