Are these popup's legal?

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Doug

Please help me,

This same popup comes up about once per hour. It
comes on even when screen saver is on. It's an add for
www.endads.com . I am afraid that it will ruin my screen
because it just stays there in the middle of the screen
and on top of all other progams that may be running.

If there is an update that you have that can help me
block them, please let me know!

Thank you very much,
Doug.
 
This is probably coming in via your Messenger service, disabled through
your Services (start|Run|services.msc) console. Your monitor is the
least of your worries here. If these messages are being sent to your PC
through the Internet, then your PC is a sitting duck for worse things
than than monitor burn-in (i.e. worms, hacks, etc.). If you don't have a
firewall (software or hardware), get one immediately. Here's a link to
some freeware software firewalls.

http://www.webattack.com/freeware/security/fwfirewall.html

I would suggest maybe ZoneAlarm. It's pretty user-friendly and has a lot
of cool features. If you don't mind spending the money, Symantec
Internet Security is also a great product to have for firewall and
antivirus protection...emphasis on ANTIVIRUS.

The Messenger service uses NetBIOS to communicate, but none of the
NetBIOS ports should ever be available through the Internet. Doing so
would expose you to a world of hurt. Just to a Google search for
'netbios worm' and see what you get.
 
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