Re: Trafcking Software Alert
From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 11/29/03
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Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 23:09:50 -0500
No, it's not legit - it's a protection racket, at best.
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.
bluehmann (anonymous) @mchsi.com wrote:
> We received a Microsoft Alert message that just popped up
> while operating on Explorer. The Alert said a simple test
> had been done and identified a cookie on our computer that
> allowed tracking of all of our on-line activity. It
> allows people to track what we input on-line. It said a
> tracking software was detected. A link was provided to do
> a free download of a scanner that would remove all spyware
> programs. Is this something we should fololow through
> on? Is it a legitimate alert?
> Thank You
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