Re: New MSN Messenger Exploit?

From: Jupiter Jones (jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com)
Date: 03/04/03 

From: "Jupiter Jones" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 22:37:44 -0700

Dave;
Sorry for the misunderstanding.
I try to read what is meant as well as what is said.
Usually I am closer than I was this time.

If you have a dynamic IP, you can attempt to change it yourself.
Start/Run, type "cmd", click ENTER.
Type "ipconfig /release", ENTER
Then
Type "ipconfig /renew", ENTER
This releases your IP and renews the IP.
When I have done it, I usually get the same IP.
I have to try a few times before I get a different IP.

If you have static IP, your ISP needs to change the IP. 

-- 
Jupiter Jones
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"Dave" <c@t> wrote in message
news:u8fpkSf4CHA.2428@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hey Jupiter,
> I appreciate all the links, but this is not messenger service, which
has
> been disabled along with all the networking features. This is
windows
> messenger. I run Ad Aware, Spybot, Norton corporate firewall, Norton
> corporate AV, browser hijacker blaster, BHO Demon, Ad Shield and
more. When
> someone adds you to their messenger list, it usually prompts you to
accept
> or block and then when someone on your list tries to initiate a
> conversation, the dialog box doesnt maximize on its own, you have to
click
> it above the tray or maximize from the taskbar. This person spammed
me
> yesterday, so i changed my passport account and deleted my old
passport thru
> "control userpasswords2". Well today, the same person with the same
message
> popped up again? no prompting, the conversation box just opened
right up. I
> have tried 4 trojan programs, online scans from trend micro and who
knows
> what else. I am now gonna phone my ISP and see if they can give me a
new IP,
> maybe that will help. If you have any thoughts, please let me know,
this is
> really bugging me.
> Thanks a bunch.
>
> "Jupiter Jones" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message
> news:e$zzw8e4CHA.1680@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Dave;
> > If they are Messenger Service ads, that is different from MSN
> > Messenger.
> > For Messenger Service ads:
> > You need to install or enable a firewall:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q330904&
> > Disabling Messenger Service can be a good idea, but it does not
solve
> > the real problem.
> > The ads are not the real problem, the ads are only a symptom.
> > The real problem is open ports that allow unwanted traffic into
the
> > computer.
> > Disabling Messenger does nothing for the open ports.
> > The firewall controls the traffic.
> > This will not work if you have AOL.
> > AOL is not compatible with Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
> > (ICF)
> >
> > Disable Messenger Service:
> > Start/Control Panel, click Administrative Tools, click Services.
> > Go down to "Messenger".
> > Right click "Messenger" and select Properties.
> > Then under Start-up select DISABLE
> > Click OK and follow prompts
> >
> > Ad-Aware may be appropriate (free version):
> > http://www.lavasoft.de/
> >
> > For internet pop-ups:
> > http://www.panicware.com/
> > http://www.bysoft.se/sureshot/stopthepop/index.html
> > http://www.popupbuster.com/PopUpBuster/
> > http://www.kolumbus.fi/eero.muhonen/FS/
> > http://www.endpopups.com/
> > http://www.adshield.org/
> >
> > --
> > Jupiter Jones
> > An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
> > Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
> >
> >
> > "Dave" <c@t> wrote in message
> > news:uaqatue4CHA.1932@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > Hello,
> > > I got spammed on Windows messenger yesterday, this person was
not on
> > my
> > > contact list and I was not asked to accept them. All of a sudden
the
> > box
> > > popped up on my screen. Normally when a friend contacts me, i
have
> > to click
> > > on the box above the tray to open it. Well this new just popped
> > right up? So
> > > I changed my Passport account and today, with my new Passport, I
got
> > spammed
> > > by the same person or at least it was the same address. I
deleted
> > the info
> > > from my old passport thru "control userpasswords2" and they
still
> > got thru
> > > without prompting me to add them or even without opening the
dialog
> > box?
> > > Whats going on?  I am not confusing this with the other
messenger
> > exploit,
> > > this IS windows messenger????
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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