Re: Adcaster - argh

From: Sandi - Microsoft MVP (sandi_hardmeier_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/28/04 

Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 17:49:52 +0800

*If* it is using Windows Messenger, then a properly configured firewall
should block any ads using that route.

I *do* note, however, that Adcaster uses an executable file. Therefore, the
following advice applies.

Your computer may have been hijacked. For information about pop-up windows,
how to get rid of them, and prevent them in the future have a look at the
link below:

http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#pop_up 

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Sandi - Microsoft MVP since 1999 (IE/OE)
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amanda wrote:
> 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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