Re: Web Popups

From: David Skillett (dave@wippit.com)
Date: 11/05/02 

From: "David Skillett" <dave@wippit.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 08:05:03 -0800

yeah from testing that here all you need to do is stop
messenger although I have say I have stopped both.
Thanks for the help PS.

David Skillett
Network Director
Wippit LTD

>-----Original Message-----
>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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