-----Original Message-----
Can anyone tell me how to stop getting pop up ads which
are coming through messenger? Most are ads selling
software to stop the pop ups.
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Subject: Re: Darn Pop-ups! Please HElp me.
From: "Gary Tsang" <
[email protected]> Sent:
11/9/2003 12:01:36 PM
For more information about the Messenger Service Spam and
how to stop them
from your computer visit this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communi
cate/stopspam.asp
These windows are sent to your system using the Messenger
service. You
should either use a firewall to block your file/printer
sharing ports
(TCP/UDP ports 135, 137, 138, 139, and 445) from the
Internet.
First thing you'll want to do is to install or enable a
firewall:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;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 of a larger
issue. The real problem is open ports that allow
unwanted traffic into the
computer.
Disabling Messenger does nothing for the open ports. You
would need a
firewall that controls the traffic.
The above solution will not work if you have AOL as 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.
Hit the Stop Button under Service Status section
Then under Start-up select DISABLE
Click OK and follow prompts
Check this link:
http://www.aumha.org/a/noads.php
Run Ad-Aware (free version) or Spybot to check for
spyware:
http://www.lavasoft.de/
Or
http://spybot.eon.net.au/
For internet pop-ups, try one of these:
http://www.panicware.com/
http://www.bysoft.se/sureshot/stopthepop/index.html
http://www.popupbuster.com/PopUpBuster/
http://www.kolumbus.fi/eero.muhonen/FS/
http://www.endpopups.com/
http://www.adshield.org/
--
Gary Tsang
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
rob said:
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Help me get rid of these pop-ups. is
it msn instand messenger, i Got rid of it and it was
great for 2 days and now its simply out of control.
Please help me,
thanks,
rob
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