Re: pop-ups
From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 08/06/03
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Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 12:13:13 -0600
Bev;
Exactly what type of popups?
If they are Messenger Service ads, your firewall is not configured
correctly.
Check my link in the previous post for the ports that need to be
blocked.
If they are regular pop ups, your pop up stopper is either ineffective
or configured improperly.
-- Jupiter Jones [MVP] An easier way to read newsgroup messages: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp http://dts-l.org/index.html "bev g." <bagbeck@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:007e01c35c42$bd34b1d0$a501280a@phx.gbl... > jupiter, i do not have aol, i have msn outlook, i also > have a firewall with the dsl line. i have disabled > messenger service. i have a pop-up stopper and adware 6. > are you saying verizon's firewall is letting this suff get > through? > >-----Original Message----- > >Bev; > >No need to pay for the fix. > >For Messenger Service ads: > >You need to install or enable a firewall: > >http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=330904 > >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communi > cate/stopspam.asp > >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: > >http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp > >http://www.symantec.com/sabu/nis/npf/ > > > >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] > >An easier way to read newsgroup messages: > >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/se > tup.asp > >http://dts-l.org/index.html > > > > > >"bev g." <bagbeck@hotmail.com> wrote in message > >news:9e2a01c35c34$75febf30$a001280a@phx.gbl... > >> i have verizon dsl which has a firewall, i also have a > pop- > >> up stopper, and i have ad-ware6. but i continue to get > pop- > >> ups whenever i'm online,i have even gotten them when i'm > >> not online. how are they getting through? i also get > >> spyblast which installs itself. i have to continually > have > >> to go to add/remove programs to get rid of it. do i > have a > >> bug in my system allow this stuff to happen? > > > > > >. > >
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