Re: Pop Ups
From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 06/23/03
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 09:55:39 -0600
Charles;
No need to pay for the fix.
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.
Internet Connection Firewall will not work if you have AOL.
AOL is not compatible with Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
(ICF)
If you have AOL, you should contact AOL and/or get a 3rd party
firewall.
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
-- Jupiter Jones [MVP] 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. "Charles" <cneerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:071201c33999$5a296e30$a001280a@phx.gbl... > I have been getting pop up ads from netpopup.net, > messagstop.net, messagedestroyer.com and message service. > All of the ads advise that for a fee they can stop the > ads. Also most claim that the pop ups are a service of my > os. If this is a service of my Windows XP OS, should not > there be also a service of my OS to stop them? I am not > computer savay so any help would be appreciated. I am > using Windows XP Home on Comcast Broadband and am using > the XP firewall. > > Thanks
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