Chase;
No need to pay for the fix.
For Messenger Service ads:
You need to install or enable a firewall:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...EN-US;Q330904&
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.
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
--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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"Chase Peteigney" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:071701c34048$91a24660$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I keep getting undesired popups that I can't seem to get
> away from. They try to solicit me to buy anti-spam and
> popup programs. Is there a way to close out this back
> door that people seem to be able to circumvent my
> firewall with? Or is this simply another O/S that
> Microsoft has duped me with? You'd figure by now these
> people who program windows would get the damned thing
> right.
>
> Chase
>
> P.S. My sincere thanks for anyone who can help me out
> here.
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