Re: Pop up ads

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 07/01/03 

Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 19:49:15 -0600

Tom;
None of them are from Microsoft.
They may be Messenger Service ads:
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

Check this link:
http://www.aumha.org/a/noads.php
Run Ad-Aware (free version) or Spybot to check for spyware:
http://www.lavasoft.de/
Or
http://spybot.eon.net.au/

For internet pop-ups, try one of these:
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  [MVP]
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"tom" <tehanny1@aol.com> wrote in message
news:067401c33f6c$3c0dc8a0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> i must get around 10 to fifteen pop up ads a day, most of
> them seem to be from microsoft telling me how to stop pop
> up ads...i am not great with a computer...could anyone
> please tell me if there is anyway to stop these...any
> ideas would be very helpfull

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