Re: Ad pop up from www.antimessage.com

From: Shenan T. Stanley (newshelper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 07/19/03 

Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 14:18:24 -0500

Pat <> wrote:
> What do I have to do to prevent pop up ads from
> www.antimessage.com? I do not have to have Internet
> Explorer up to get these. They just appear randomly if I
> am connected. They are in front of every thing else on the
> screen and have only two responses - X at the upper right
> corner to delete it or an "ok" after the ad message. The
> ad message can be about just about anything.

Jason <> wrote:
> Holy moly again? Ok as before to the rest of the folks asking this go
> into control panel disable the messenger service, it's not really
> needed on a home computer anyhow, then install a firewall and block
> the port that the service uses. That can be found by doing a simple
> search on www.google.com

While Jason is correct(except about the 'messenger service not really needed
on a home computer anyway' part), you are NOT eliminating the problem, just
eliminating one symptom. If that makes you happy (to know the disease still
lurks under the surface, but you cannot see it) go on your happy way and
stop reading now..

You need to enable either your built in firewall or install and configure a
third party firewall. (the only people I KNOW cannot do the built in
firewall are you poor AOL users. AOL, in their genius, has futzed up some
works and the built in software doesn't work with AOL, you WILL have to get
a third party application and learn to use it - sorry - it's the price you
pay for going AOL, I guess. heh)

Advice on Popups and their elimination:

http://www.fracas.net/newsgroups/generaladvice.html#popups
or
http://tinyurl.com/el9s

Advice on Firewalls:

http://www.fracas.net/newsgroups/generaladvice.html#firewalls
or
http://tinyurl.com/el9u

You may want to look over the whole page.

More Information:

Here's what "Mike Nash" - a Microsoft representative - had to say when
asked the question you are askig now. This was OVER a month ago, and in
March 2003, the same question was asked of another couple of Microsoft
Employees, whose answer was (at the time) to disable the messenger service.
(Keith Combs and Kai Axford) Eek. Well, you really need the firewall too.
Both articles can be found at:

http://tinyurl.com/hftn
and
http://tinyurl.com/hftq

(Shortened for convenience, they are Microsoft Sites..)

Host: Mike Nash (Microsoft)
Q: I have windows XP and I have been having those stupid messenger popups. I
have gone to the sites and they say that Microsoft is the one putting it
out. I don't believe it and would like to know if it is true. If it is how
can i get rid of it?
A: First, Microsoft is not the source of the Messenger spam that youre
talking about. Second, the quickest and easiest way to get rid of unwanted
Messenger popups with Windows XP is to enable Internet Connection Firewall
(ICF). There are more details, as well as instructions for getting rid of
pop in all types of deployment scenarios in Knowledge Base article 330904
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;330904). Directions
to enable ICF are located in Knowledge Base article 283673
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;283673). 

-- 
Shenan Stanley
"Just trying to help"
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