Pop-ups

I keep getting approx. 40 MESSENGER SERVICE POP-UPS every
morning and throughout the day.
How do I stop these nuisance messages ??
Thanks

Enable your firewall. If you have XP, search
for 'Internet Connection Firewall' in help section.
>-----Original Message-----
>I keep getting approx. 40 MESSENGER SERVICE POP-UPS every
>morning and throughout the day.
>How do I stop these nuisance messages ??
>Thanks
>.
>

Greetings --

This type of spam has become quite common over the past several
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, such as the Blaster Worm that
recently swept cross the Internet. Install and use a decent,
properly configured firewall. (Merely disabling the messenger
service, as some people recommend, only hides the symptom, and does
little or nothing to truly secure your machine.) And ignoring or just
"putting up with" the security gap represented by these messages is
particularly foolish.

Messenger Service of Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...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/...te/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, by itself, 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, if annoying, 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?


Bruce Chambers

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"Earl Mueller" <enmueller@cox.net> wrote in message
news:26a3401c38e95$d5787b20$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I keep getting approx. 40 MESSENGER SERVICE POP-UPS every
> morning and throughout the day.
> How do I stop these nuisance messages ??
> Thanks