Re: application popup
From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospam.cableone.net)
Date: 08/27/03
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Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 20:31:41 -0600
Greetings --
Use the firewall to block UDP ports 135, 137, and 138; TCP ports
135, 139, and 445. You may also disable Inbound NetBIOS (NetBIOS over
TCP/IP). You'll have to follow the instructions from firewall's
manufacturer for the specific steps.
Bruce Chambers
-- Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. -- RAH "Anthony" <hzarim@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:0c7801c36bc6$daee41d0$a301280a@phx.gbl... > Thanks... I am using winproxy firewall and i've upped the > level of security one notch. I can no longer get into msn > messenger, but I guess I can live with that. > > I will see today if the anonymous messages stop. > > >-----Original Message----- > >Greetings -- > > > > This particular "sales method" is strikingly similar > to the > >"protection" rackets offered to small businesses by > organized > >criminals. Yes, it's a scam; no reputable business would > need to > >resort to extortion. Particularly since they're trying > to sell you a > >type of protection that is already available to you free > of charge. > > > > This type of spam has become quite common over the > past few > >months, and unintentionally serves as a valid > security "alert." It > >demonstrates that you haven't been taking sufficient > precautions while > >connected to the Internet. Your data probably hasn't > been compromised > >by these specific advertisements, but if you're open to > this exploit, > >you may well be open to other threats. Install and use a > decent, > >properly configured firewall. (Disabling the messenger > service, as > >some people recommend, only hides the symptom, and does > nothing to > >secure your machine.) And ignoring or just "putting up > with" these > >messages and the problem they represent is particularly > foolish. > > > >Messenger Service of Windows > >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en- > us;168893 > > > >Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet > Advertisement > >Appears > >http://support.microsoft.com/?id=330904 > > > >Stopping Advertisements with Messenger Service Titles > >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communi > cate/stopspam.asp > > > >Blocking Ads, Parasites, and Hijackers with a Hosts File > >http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm > > > > Oh, and be especially wary of people who advise you > to do nothing > >more than disable the messenger service. Disabling the > messenger > >service is a "head in the sand" approach to computer > security. > > > > The real problem is _not_ the messenger service pop- > ups; they're > >actually providing a useful service by acting as a > security alert. The > >true problem is the unsecured computer, and you've been > >advised to merely turn off the warnings. How is this > helpful? > > > > Equivalent Scenario 1: Somewhere in a house, a small > fire starts, > >and sets off the smoke alarm. You, not immediately > seeing any > >fire/smoke, complain about the noise of the smoke > detector, and are > >advised to remove the smoke detector's battery and go > back to sleep. > > > > Equivalent Scenario 2: You over-exert your shoulder > at work or > >play, causing bursitis. After weeks of annoying and > sometimes > >excruciating pain whenever you try to reach over your > head, you go to > >a doctor and say, while demonstrating the motion, "Doc, > it hurts when > >I do this." The doctor, being as helpful as some of your > respondents, > >replies, "Well, don't do that." > > > > I'm beginning to think that the people deliberately > posting such > >bad advice are hacker-wannabes who have no true interest > in helping > >you secure your system, but would rather give you a false > sense of > >security while ensuring that your computer is still open > to > >exploitation. > > >
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