Re: Blocking Messenger Service

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers@nospam.cableone.net)
Date: 04/12/03 

From: "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospam.cableone.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 10:59:50 -0600

Greetings --

  There is a type of spam that has become quite common over the past
few months, and unintentionally serves as a valid security "alert."
It demonstrates that you haven't been taking sufficient precautions
while connected to the Internet. Your data probably hasn't been
compromised by these specific advertisements, but if you're open to
this exploit, you may well be open to other threats. Install and use
a decent, properly configured firewall. (Disabling the messenger
service, as some people recommend, only hides the symptom, and does
nothing to secure your machine.) And ignoring these messages is
particularly foolish.

Messenger Service of Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;168893

Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement
Appears
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=330904

    Additionally:

Blocking Ads, Parasites, and Hijackers with a Hosts File
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Bruce Chambers

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"bbblonde99" <bbblonde99@prodigy.net> wrote in message 
news:005301c30110$74605280$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I am getting popups,  that come up on top of all open
> windows on the desktop whether the browser is open or
> not. Adaware can't find the source. I have found it
> however and the website www.ip-messenger.com is the
> website for the software that causes these popups. It
> clearly states that they work BECAUSE of something built
> into MS products and only work with Windows 2000, NT and
> XP. I have XP and I resent that this MS product has made
> it possible for these popups to invade my computer. I
> don't know what in the software is enabling this product
> to work but I tried to delete my computer/c:
> drive/program files/messenger and computer won't let me
> delete. Can anyone help me? Linda

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