Re: Messenger Service

From: x y, mvp (levinson_k@despammed.com)
Date: 03/25/03 

From: "x y, mvp" <levinson_k@despammed.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:29:21 -0500

The messenger popups are an indication that you need a firewall. Disabling
the Messenger service won't improve your security, because NetBIOS and RPC
will still be reachable via the internet, which is BAD BAD BAD BAD. More
information is at:

http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#pop-ups and
http://www.mynetwatchman.com

"John" <john@doe.com> wrote in message
news:36d801c2f25c$fee3f320$2f01280a@phx.gbl...
> One of our Windows 2000 servers which is accessible on the
> Internet, keeps on getting "Messenger" popup messages. To
> this point they seem to be harmless but it can be
> irritating when there are dozens of popup messages. How
> do we block this "Messenger" popup messages? Can we
> disable the "Messenger Service"? What are the implications?
>
> Thanks.