Re: Messenger service vulnerability?
From: Karl Levinson [x y] MVP (levinson_k@excite.com)
Date: 10/21/02
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From: "Karl Levinson [x y] MVP" <levinson_k@excite.com> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 14:48:49 -0400
"Russell Gibson" <rgibson@tnc.com> wrote in message
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> I am running Windows 2000 server and keep getting messages
> from unknown sources in the Messenger service. Is there a
> vulnerability in this service? How do I stop these
> messages from popping up on my server?
YES: use a firewall. You might also want pop-up blocking software to block
other sorts of popups.
Firewall Software:
www.sygate.com
www.iss.net
www.kerio.net
www.agnitum.com
www.zonealarm.com
www.symantec.com
www.webattack.com
www.download.com
www.tucows.com
Firewall Hardware:
www.linksys.com
www.netgear.com
There are a number of third-party software programs, both free and not free,
which are supposed to help block pop-up windows. Try searching your favorite
Internet search engine, Usenet support newsgroup software web site and/or
see the links below. [Try searching for the words "stop OR block pup-ups,"
for example]:
www.google.com/groups?threadm=enZy0PscCHA.1828%40tkmsftngp08 <-- SEE THIS
LINK FIRST
[The above link is an excellent list of software to block pop-ups in a post
by Jim Byrd]
www.webwasher.com
www.adshield.org
www.popupstopper.com
www.zonealarm.com [the Zone Alarm firewall also blocks popups]
www.webattack.com/Freeware/misctools/fwpopblock.shtml
www.webattack.com
www.download.com
www.tucows.com
www.google.com/groups?q=stop+OR+block+pop-ups
www.google.com/search?q=stop+OR+block+pop-ups
If the pop-ups happen when you launch your web browser [e.g. Internet
Explorer], then you should check the home page setting in your web browser
[e.g. in Internet Explorer, click on Tools, Internet Options, Home Page,
Address]. Make sure the home page is not set to an objectionable site. [If
your home page has been changed and you want to change it back, you set it
to www.msn.com or to your favorite web site.]
If the pop-ups seem to pop up at random and not just when you open and close
your web browser or enter and leave a certain web page, you may want to also
use MSCONFIG or Startup Cop to check the programs that are starting up when
Windows starts, in case there is an unwanted program hidden there.
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