Re: Internet Connection Firewall - Pop-up Ads

From: Mike Mulligan (mmulligan_at_invalid.net)
Date: 06/25/03 

Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 11:05:16 -0400

If you are seeing pop-up ads while using the Internet, you need to install
pop-up blocking software. There's plenty of it available on the Internet,
and much of it is free.

Mike Mulligan

"Ryan" <rdburrus@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:003001c33b24$ad095fc0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> I have already done that and that did not fix the
> problem!!
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Try the following:
> >1. Click on My Computer and open the control panel.
> >
> >2. Open the Performance and Maintenance or
> > Administrative Tools.
> >
> >3. Double-click on Services, and scroll down to
> Messenger.
> >
> >4. Double-click Messenger and click the Stop button
> > which will stop the service.
> >
> >5. Change the startup type to Disable.....no more
> > Messenger popups. This NOT MSN Instant Message
> service
> > called Windows Messenger but this IS a component
> part
> >of
> > Windows XP only for Network Administrators to send
> > broadcast messages to network users.
> >
> >This should be a fix!
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>I'm having a problem with pop-up advertisement
> windows.
> >>After atempting to stop them with the Windows XP
> Internet
> >>Connection Firewall, UDP and TCP ports keep being
> >assigned
> >>for msmsgs. Norton detects no Virus, and if I uncheck
> or
> >>delete the two lines the next time I restart they are
> >>back. Any suggestions?
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >