Re: Microsoft Antispyware & NETBIOS Messenger

From: Galen (galennews_at_gmail.com)
Date: 07/10/05 

Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 02:48:40 -0400

In news:02B388DD-D4CA-4CBB-939C-A4F11D92BE74@microsoft.com,
Truls Hjelle <TrulsHjelle@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

 My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Every time I reboot my PC (XP with all patches) Microsoft Antispyware
> advises me to disable NETBIOS Messenger. Every time I click YES
> PLEASE DISABLE IT, but next time I reboot, there it is again. Isn't
> it possible to kill that *** forever? It does not seem that
> DISABLE sticks. When I reboot it is again AUTOMATIC. How come?

ALL patches? You have SP2? As you were told in the other message there's a
specific group for MSAS. Keep in mind that it is a beta product but here's
what I'd check...

Start > Run > "services.msc" (without the quotes) > find "Messenger" service
> right click > disable it... Install SP2 as it will be turned off by
default. Use a firewall because just turning off the service doesn't mean
the hole has been closed, it only means that you won't see it which is far
worse than a hole that you do see and thus monitor.

You mention that you have all the patches which implies that you're using
service pack two and it should be disabled automatically unless you, another
person, or an application enabled it again. Assuming you didn't enable it as
you'd then probably know what it was you're poking about with or you
probably shouldn't press those buttons then it's obviously someone/something
else that has enabled it.

Galen 

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