Adcaster - argh

From: amanda (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/28/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 21:54:01 -0800

Hi everyone,

Does anyone know how to block Adcaster? Apparently it's
a program that spammers can purchase that sends pop-up
ads via Windows Messenger to known IP addresses. (I'm no
expert, this is just how I'm understanding it...could be
inaccurate.)

For some reason, it only affects me when I've dialed in
through AOL and have their software running. My other
non-AOL dialup and IE don't seem to open it up to
problems for some reason.

I've searched for months trying to find the answer to
blocking it, and come up empty. But this article states
that it's a simple fix (would have been nicer if they'd
stated what the fix was!):

"One of Rines' latest ventures is Adcaster Extreme, a
software program that broadcasts pop-up ads to Windows
computers running the Messenger service. He claims the
technology isn't like e-mail spamming, because PC users
can turn off a feature in Windows to block the pop-ups."
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,60714,00.html

Any help would be very much appreciated.

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