Re: Pop Ups
From: Eric (bodieric_at_d91.k12.id.us)
Date: 06/17/03
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Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:53:12 -0700
Can anyone tell me the port numbers that the messenger
service uses so that I can block them on my firewall.
Eric
>-----Original Message-----
>.....what you've described will take care of the symptom
but not the disease.
>The issue is that there's no firewall blocking those
ports from the
>internet.
>
>
>Skywing wrote:
>> Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools >
Services. Right click
>> the "Messenger" service and go to it's properties.
Then, change it
>> to Disabled. Additionally, you might want to hit Stop
as well if it
>> is already running.
>>
>> Note that this doesn't interfere with instant
messenger services like
>> AIM or ICQ or MSNIM; the Messenger service is used for
(completely
>> unrelated) NET SEND messages, which are being
increasingly abused for
>> spamming purposes, as you've had the misfortune to
find out
>> first-hand.
>>
>> "Mary" <mar_law@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>> news:076801c33468$b0cacdf0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>>> How can I get rid of pop ups? This just started
happening
>>> a few months ago. These pop ups say they come from
>>> Messenger Service. It is always text in a gray box.
>>> It is very annoying and I haven't figured out how
>>> to get rid of these things.
>>>
>>> These pop ups started when I switched from MSN Dialup
>>> to SBCGlobal DSL. I'm not a techie. Can you help?
>
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