Re: stopping pop-up messages

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

Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 09:27:16 -0400

See whether these pop-ups say "Messenger" at the top. If they do, your
firewall has a hole in it [probably it is letting in messages on UDP port
135]. If this is the case, you should check the web site of the
manufacturer of your firewall for known bugs, patches, and if that doesn't
help, find a support contact email address, phone number or discussion group
for that firewall to find out what's wrong.

If these are another kind of pop-up like web browser pop ups, see here:

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

"Biff" <biffinpitt@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:22f201c3234b$3f7be770$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm still relatively new to the net. Once "I" was
> discovered, the pop-up messages started. I disabled the
> Windows Messanger and that stopped them cold for about 3
> months. About a week ago they started popping up again.
> Although not as many. The Messanger is still disabled. I
> do have a FW and AV. What else can I do?
>
> Biff
>

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