Re: Spam, a security risk?
From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 07/10/03
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Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 17:33:35 -0400
You need a firewall. This is 'messenger spam', and is not in itself harmful,
but is symptomatic of a larger problem - your computer is entirely exposed
to
the Internet. You can disable the Messenger service, but you'll still have
the underlying problem that caused you to get spam. For a standalone
machine, see www.sygate.com for a free personal firewall.
See http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm for more info
Terance Muller wrote:
> I get pop-ups, which I do not know how to delete, and
> received this message,"Congratulations, you've been hit
> by the newest form of unwanted advertising, or spam. This
> message was sent to your computer through a built in
> feature that Microsoft included in your copy of Windows
> 2000, NT, or XP. These types of spam messages are worse
> than unwanted e-mail since you dont even need to have an
> e-mail account or web browser. If you are one of the
> millions of people who get unwanted messages like these
> everyday, there is hope." Is there any truth to this
> claim, or is this just their sales pitch to get you to
> buy a product???
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