stopping unwanted pop-ups

From: Tony Bradley (netsecurity.guide@about.com)
Date: 03/08/03 

From: "Tony Bradley" <netsecurity.guide@about.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 18:03:41 -0800

>-----Original Message-----
>i went away to the field a few weeks ago and when i
>returned i had all kinds of pop-ups on my screen and
when
>i click them all off or try to unsucribe to them, i
still
>get them on my screen even when i'm not in one of there
>sites. they just pop-up on my desktop filling my screen.
>it is very annoying. how can i stop these from happening
>without having to go and buy some expensive pop-up
>killer? thank you for your help and attention.
>.
>
These are part of a new breed of spam which uses the
Windows Messenger Service to invade your computer. Port
135 is often allowed to pass through firewalls because it
is needed for RPC in Windows.

The easiest way to stop receiving Windows Messenger spam
is to disable the Windows Messenger service on your
computer.

See http://netsecurity.about.com in the next couple days
for an article on disabling this service.

Tony Bradley
About.com Guide for Internet/Network Security
http://netsecurity.about.com

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