Pop ups again

[Mike Norris]

From: <[email protected]>
Subject: post failed, sending to postmaster
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2003 22:55:00
Source: mail

The only pop ups I'm getting are from ...

BYEBYEADS.com

and

ENDADS.com

both of whom are trying to sell their anti-pop up software !!!!!!!!

can anyone help me stop this blackmail !?!

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.. Just a Physicist playing with the Universe ..
... in the English Lake District ...
.... using the elegant solution ....
... Acorn StrongArm 233MHz RiscPC ...
/\/\ /\ /
.. / \ ike / \/orris ..

 

[Jim Macklin]

The new Google 2.0 toolbar has a popup blocker.


message | From: <[email protected]>
| Subject: post failed, sending to postmaster
| Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2003 22:55:00
| Source: mail
|
| The only pop ups I'm getting are from ...
|
| BYEBYEADS.com
|
| and
|
| ENDADS.com
|
| both of whom are trying to sell their anti-pop up software
!!!!!!!!
|
| can anyone help me stop this blackmail !?!
|
| --
| .. Just a Physicist playing with the Universe ..
| ... in the English Lake District ...
| .... using the elegant solution ....
| ... Acorn StrongArm 233MHz RiscPC ...
| /\/\ /\ /
| .. / \ ike / \/orris ..

 

[Bruce Chambers]

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 a 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/communicate/stopspam.asp

Blocking Ads, Parasites, and Hijackers with a Hosts File
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm


Bruce Chambers

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[Kent W. England [MVP]]

Oh, spyware that blocks adware. Interesting. I wonder if there is any
adware that offers a service to block spyware? Perhaps if we could get
these competing malware software developers intent on disabling each
other, we could just happily install ALL of them and NONE of them would
work. ya think? Nahh, it'd never work.

Of course, the Google toolbar isn't a bad piece of spyware. It only does
what is necessary to allow you to search with its incorporated tools.
But if we could get one of the other spyware toolbar developers to start
a war against adware, perhaps the adware authors would start a war on
spyware toolbars? Nahh, it'd never work. ;-)