Re: popupmessages

From: Jupiter Jones (jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com)
Date: 04/23/03 

From: "Jupiter Jones" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 19:23:20 GMT

Janis;
As far as I know the propriety nature of AOL is incompatible with
Internet Connection Firewall (ICF).,
There have been countless reports of this.
I attempted to locate a link, but could not immediately locate it.
Windows XP works with AOL. just not ICF.

3rd party firewalls will work with AOL.

To disable Messenger Service:
Click Start, Click Control Panel, click Administrative Tools (or click
Performance & Maintenance, then click Administrative Tools).
Double click Services.
Go down to "Messenger".
Right click "Messenger" and select Properties.
Then under "Start-up Type" select "Disabled" from drop down menu.
Click OK and follow prompts

Regularly run one of these to help keep spyware away:
http://www.lavasoft.de/
Or
http://spybot.eon.net.au/ 

-- 
Jupiter Jones
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"Janis" <birdsville10@aol.com> wrote in message
news:013701c30976$85ca89a0$2f01280a@phx.gbl...
> Jupiter,
>
> Are you absolutely sure that WinXP firewall doesn't work
> with AOL?  Per your advice, I contacted AOL support and
> they said that all versions of windows works with AOL and
> that I would have to either contact my computer vendor or
> firewall provider.  (No help, but can't refuse free year
> of access.)
>
> I originally thought that maybe I had spyware on my
> computer, but the 3 pops in question only appear after I'm
> on line for about an hour or so.  (Next step will be
> investigating spyware programs).  Per ad, to 'supposedly'
> end future receipt of ad, click OK, but assume if I do,
> will then get spyware.  Is it possible I have spyware
> installed?
>
> Lastly, could you please further elaborate on your
> instructions for disabling messenger service.  When I
> installed the WinXP firewall, I followed MS instructions
> to go into Network Connections and disable from the
> properties box of the modem.  When I did this, it 'does'
> show in the description that both the modem & AOL are, in
> fact, firewalled, although this is not helping???  When I
> followyour instructions to go through control panel, it
> says that the Messenger Service is not related to Windows
> Messenging.  I guess I want to know what the difference
> between the two messenger services are, and if I follow
> your instructions, will I disable my virus alert & windows
> update programs running in system bar?
>
> Sorry so long, but I'm new to all this.
> Many thanks,
> Janis
>
> PS-Why don't these newsgroups have a archive search
> feature?  It's really difficult to search 850 pages page
> by page and this is only 1 support group!
>
> Jupiter writes:
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >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
> >
>

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