Re: Is this legal? Can this happen?

From: Adam (abernas@nyc.rr.com)
Date: 01/18/03 

From: "Adam" <abernas@nyc.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 17:12:18 GMT

Agreed Bill, but this is the description in Computer Management:
"Sends and receives messages transmitted by administrators or by the Alerter service."

So are they an administrator of my PC?

Are they a "System Alert"?

Adam

"phoenix" <phoenix@fakeaddress.com> wrote in message news:5ef6zza007xe.am2rd88pqgfh.dlg@40tude.net...
> On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 16:07:34 GMT, Adam wrote:
>
> > It IS an exploitation of a service in the operating system.
> >
> > I have set this service to "Manual" in Computer Management.
> >
> > If someone can send you a message from an "untrusted" source without your permission, through the operating system, then
Microsoft
> > should have a look into this.
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > "phoenix" <phoenix@fakeaddress.com> wrote in message news:1pkq60d7sqnx3$.p8khkfvdw0bu.dlg@40tude.net...
> >> On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 14:46:49 GMT, Adam wrote:
> >>
> >>> It must be a hole in the WinNT based OS's:
> >>>
> >>> "only works on Windows 2000, NT and XP as it uses Windows Messenger as the delivery agent."
> >>>
> >>> So this is the new way in Spamming people? Getting in through Windows Messenger?
> >>>
> >>> If you need a firewall, then it is a hole...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "Dajo Rybski" <dronic (at) myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:3e2929c0$0$96757$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be...
> >>>> If you're getting messages like that it's not really because the holes in
> >>>> Microsoft Operating Systems but because the holes in your firewall. Make
> >>>> sure all Netbios traffic is disabled.
> >>>>
> >>>> Dajo Rybski
> >>>>
> >>>> "Mike Gagne" <MikeGagne@OrthoRX.NET> wrote in message
> >>>> news:670c01c2be93$1405ce70$d5f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA12...
> >>>>> That's funny, because I just posted a question about that
> >>>>> today in the General Forum. I had been getting these damn
> >>>>> message boxes all the time and I couldn't figure out why.
> >>>>> Must be thanks to the holes in Microsoft's Operating Systems.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> It isn't a 'hole' it's a poorly configured users PC that's the problem. It
> >> actually uses the Messenger service not Windows Messenger - the two are
> >> different products. You don't actually need a firewall to stop it, it can
> >> be easily stopped, have a look here
> >> http://www.stopmessengerspam.com/index.html
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Bill
>
> No, security of your computer is *your* responsibility.
>
> Regards
>
> Bill

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