Re: mesenger service

From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (levinson_k_at_despammed.com)
Date: 05/26/03 

Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 09:23:52 -0400

"Robert Moir" <bofh@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:#MlxWF4IDHA.3280@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Nigel wrote:
> > Please help. I am constantly bombarded with messages
> > from one peticular web site (about one every 5 minutes).
> > I have tried everything I can think of to stop them but
> > nothing I do seems to work. Any ideas
>
> Turn on your firewall if you have XP. If you do not, or you do have XP but
> don't want to use the XP firewall, download a firewall and turn it on.

I agree. You need a firewall. Here are some free ones and some more
information:

http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#firewall
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#pop-ups
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#harden

If you just disable the Messenger service, you're leaving a huge hole open
on your machine. Disabling the Messenger service does zero to increase the
security on your computer.

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