Re: FIX FOR MESSENGER POP UPS

From: Myron (news-8zpp2e20_at_spam-box.connectfree.co.uk)
Date: 08/06/03 

Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 08:53:12 +0100

Joe. This is not a fix. This is burrying your head in the sand.

If you're setting messenger service pop-ups then that means that you
computer is exposed to the Internet without a firewall-in place and
all your open TCP and UDP ports are open to the big wide Interent for
hackers to play with.

Disabling the windows messenger service does not shut down the exposed
ports and prevents the Windows operating system displaying systems
messages.

This topic is constantly being repeated in here.

Joe, INSTALL A FIREWALL!!!!!

"Joe" <Sarg7@rcn.com> wrote:
>As no one from microsft was willing to help. I found the
>fix on Spybot. Here is the fix as it appears on the
>spybot site.
>
>I am not sure but you may not get the auto updates from
>MS anymore, just just go to MS once in awhile and check
>for new updates.
>
>These are sent using the Messenger service integrated
>into Windows 2000 and XP (try the 'net send' command to
>see for yourself).
>To disable the Messenger service, go to Start --> All
>Programs --> Administrative Tools --> Component Services.
>In Component Services, click on Services (Local), then on
>the right side, find Messenger and disable it.
>Note: not everyone will have Administrative Tools in the
>Start menu. You need to make it visible under Taskbar and
>Start Menu Properties (right-click on taskbar -->
>Properties). The surest way to get to Component Services
>is to enter %systemroot%\system32\com\comexp.msc into the
>command line.

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