Re: janitagirl19w
From: Karl Levinson [x y], mvp (levinson_k@despammed.com)
Date: 04/21/03
- Next message: Cap: "Re: My Security, Hacking Book"
- Previous message: Karl Levinson [x y], mvp: "Re: Problem w/ Internet connection firewall"
- In reply to: Tim Brown: "Re: janitagirl19w"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ]
From: "Karl Levinson [x y], mvp" <levinson_k@despammed.com> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 08:14:05 -0400
Well, that doesn't improve the security of the computer at all. Not a bad
idea to do that but only in addition to other steps as well, like a
firewall. That also doesn't stop the other kind of popups this person could
be getting, they didn't really specify that it was a Messenger popup.
"Tim Brown" <timjbrown2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:02e301c30794$196e2930$3301280a@phx.gbl...
> There is an easy fix for this.
>
> Go into your administrative tools options in control
> pannel, then services, look for messenger services, and
> disable it in propertiies, also in the properties section
> disable on startup should be checked, that's the end of
> those annotying popups :)
>
>
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Read the FAQ:
> >
> >http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#pop-ups
> >http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#firewall
> >http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#harden
> >
> >From this information it's hard to tell what kind of
> popup it is. If it's a
> >chat program pop-up like IRC or AOL AIM, you'd need to
> look through your
> >chat program settings and documentation for relief. But
> most likely you're
> >talking about the Messenger service popup, which is
> fixed by the URLs above.
> >
> >
> >"ruthrigolle" <member28432@dbforums.com> wrote in message
> >news:2786611.1050853306@dbforums.com...
> >>
> >> can someone help me please?
> >>
> >> Since last week, I'm receiving a few times a day a pop
> up screen from
> >> "janitagirl19w" (who's looking for a boy in Belgium,
> blablablabla...)
> >>
> >> It's VERY anoying and I don't know where it comes
> from. When I
> >> search for "her" homepage, there's only a stupid
> webcam but no email
> >> adress of "her".
> >>
> >> I saw that there was also a person who was anoyed by
> this pop up message
> >> a few times a day. Is the problem solved for this
> person? If it is so,
> >> please could you help me, or anyone else?
> >>
> >> Thanks, greets, Ruth
> >>
> >> --
> >> Posted via http://dbforums.com
> >
> >
> >.
> >
- Next message: Cap: "Re: My Security, Hacking Book"
- Previous message: Karl Levinson [x y], mvp: "Re: Problem w/ Internet connection firewall"
- In reply to: Tim Brown: "Re: janitagirl19w"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ]
Relevant Pages
|
