Grey pop-ups

[Deborah]

Hi,

I keep getting 10 to 20 grey pop-ups saying I'm at risk to
hackers. Can anyone tell me how do I get rid of them?
I'm not a computer tech person and I have no idea how to
prevent this.

Thanks,

Deborah

 

[dev]

Deborah said:

I keep getting 10 to 20 grey pop-ups saying I'm at risk to
hackers. Can anyone tell me how do I get rid of them?
I'm not a computer tech person and I have no idea how to
prevent this.

If these are "Messenger" pop-ups, they can be banished by enabling the XP
built-in firewall (which should be done anyway). See HELP & SUPPORT for
easy instructions.

If this is a program that has been inadvertently installed on your PC,
running ADAware may enable its removal. http://www.lavasoftusa.com
Read the instructions, download, install and run the program. The basic
utility is free.

If the pop-ups are site-related - the page that is being visited - then a
pop-up blocker may help. http://google.com Search for "ad blocker".
Or install and use a new-generation browser that has pop-up blocking,
such as NetScape "streamline Navigator only" from http://sillydog.org/narchive

It will selectively block pop-ups and images, and is much more customizable
than I.E. For more...
sis the newgroup.

Or visit http://mozilla.org for links to browsers using similar technology.

 

[Mike]

what is happening is that "messenger service" has been
enabled...you can disable it by going to control panel,
administrative tools, services, look for the messenger
listing and scroll over and set it to disabled

 

[Chris Lanier]

You are talking about the "messenger Service" in Windows XP.

You can just enable XP's built in firewall to stop them. -
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/t...nol/winxppro/proddocs/hnw_enable_firewall.asp