Re: 292 MPV Warning
From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 11/27/03
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Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 10:12:49 -0500
Does the window title say anything about Messenger? If so, you need a
firewall. 'Messenger spam', is not in itself harmful, but is symptomatic of
a larger problem - your computer has ports open from the Internet.
You can disable the Messenger service, but that is unwise as a solution as
you'll still have the underlying problem that caused you to get the messages
in the first place - consider the messages a useful warning that you have no
protection from the Internet. This is all too important now, given the
recent rash of RPC worms....
For a standalone machine, see www.sygate.com for a free personal firewall,
or if using Windows XP, you can enable the built-in internet connection
firewall (ICF).
See http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm for more info. Also,
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/nopopups.htm is a good resource - although
for browser popups, you might want to consider http://toolbar.google.com -
it works like a champ and is also handy for searching. Also run AdAware or
Spybot (google 'em) to clean up your browser hijack.
heatherm wrote:
> This popped up on my computer:
> Privacy Vulnerability Detected (292 MPV
> Warning) ..."your internet activities are being
> recorded."
> It somehow made itself become my homepage, which I
> altered back.
> How did it appear on my computer in the first place?
> Will it come back?
> Is it truly from Microsoft Windows and legitimate?
> If so, what are the ramifications of it appearing on my
> computer?
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