popup

[tracy]

I keep getting a popup ad sayiny messenger bservice wide
open to net asking me to go to there sight to buy popup
blocker.I don't think i should since there popups are the
only ones i'm receiving can't get through to them can you
make them go away or send me afix without buying there
product to protect me from their popups. Thank you for any
help in relieving this internet annoyance. there internet
adresses they advertise is www.FIGHTMESSENGER.com.

 

[Diggy]

Network Connections -> Right Click the internet connection you use ->
Properties -> Advanced -> Place a Check in the box next to "Protect My
Computer . . . ."

 

[Erik]

One way to remedy that is to turn on your Windows Network
Firewall. Windows XP provides their own firewall, which
should stop those annoying messenger service pop ups. To
enable your firewall: go to your network connections,
right click and go to properties on the specific type of
connection you use to access the internet. Click on the
Advanced Tab, check the box that says, "Protect my
computer and network by limiting or preventing access to
this copmputer from the internet." That should do the
trick. OR at least, that's how i got fixed it.
Ps. You're welcome

 

[Bruce Chambers]

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/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

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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