Re: Web Popups
From: PS (reply2ng@nospam.com)
Date: 11/05/02
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From: "PS" <reply2ng@nospam.com> Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 07:47:58 -0800
Disable the messenger and alerter services and avoid this new spam medium
completely! Find these services here:
Start --> Settings --> Control panel --> Administrative Tools --> Services
Good Luck
PS
"This is my opinion only and doesn't represent any organizations opinion."
"Dave Skillett" <dave@wippit.com> wrote in message
news:728001c284e1$af51d900$2ae2c90a@phx.gbl...
> Yeah I am located in the UK and am having the same
> problems as yourself I thought it was only me seeing
> this... I dont think you have to be an admin to send it
> to that machine as my tests here proved that, Iam
> interested in locking it down though, anyone know how?
>
> David Skillett
> Network Director
> Wippit LTD
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I'm not sure if this behavior is geographically isolated
> >to Canada but we have been receiving many popup messages
> >on machines not protected by corporate firewalls, like
> the
> >high speed home users. These popups look very much to me
> >like the old popups using the 'Net Send' command. As I
> >understand it the Messenger service is responsible for
> >handling these popups and that only persons with
> >administrative rights to the target machine can send
> such
> >messages.
> >
> >What I don't understand is how these people marketing
> >their products via network messages can gain the
> required
> >access to force the popup. The administrative accounts
> are
> >all password-protected and surely they are not brute-
> >forcing passwords just to make a popup.
> >
> >Ultimately I'd like to find a way to track the origin of
> >the message, determine how they gained the required
> access
> >and send my own message back if *legal*.
> >
> >Anyone run into this form of Internet marketing yet?
> >
> >Dean
> >.
> >
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