Re: pop-up advertising
From: Iain (kbaigrie_at_midsouth.rr.com)
Date: 09/20/03
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 16:09:26 -0700
Thanks for the info I will give it a try. I had a real
problem justifiying paying for the fix since the
companies that make the software where 90% of the pop-ups
that I was getting.
Thanks again
>-----Original Message-----
>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/commun
icate/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
>
>Spyware may be your problem.
>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/
>
>To protect the safety and security of your computer:
>Install or enable a firewall IMMEDIATELY, before
connecting to the
>internet:
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=283673
>
>Install ALL Critical Updates IMMEDIATELY.
>Start/All Programs/Windows Update
>
>Install an antivirus application
>Update it weekly
>Run it at least weekly
>
>Also see:
>http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/default.asp
>http://www.microsoft.com/security/home/
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
url=/technet/columns/security/5min/5min-105.asp
>
>--
>Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
etup.asp
>http://dts-l.org/index.html
>
>
>"iain" <kbaigrie@midsouth.rr.com> wrote in message
>news:124c01c37ef3$f007edb0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> I have been getting alot of annoying pop-ups lately and
>> cannot stop them. I have tried to setup XP's firewall
>> but cant find my internet connection to do it. I am
>> running a broadband connection and under network
>> neighborhood I dont see the connection. Any one know
how
>> I can stop these pop-ups.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>
>
>.
>
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