Invasive Popups

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Norm Cook

After installing Win2000 Pro, & SP4 & all the MS Upgrades, I started getting
these popup windows even while the browser (IE6).

Found a possible solution on the net (Messenger|Stop|Disable), but it did
not work, kept getting them.

Found some free software Pop-Up-No-No at cnet.downloads. This appears to be
working, have had none since I installed it.

Any ideas why stopping Messenger didn't work?
 
Greetings --

Stopping the messenger service would affect _only_ those pop-ups
that are propagated via the messenger service, and have absolutely no
affects on Internet browser pop-ups.

By the way, you do realize, don't you, that stopping the messenger
service does little more than turn off what are, in effect, valid
security alerts? The ports used are still open, leaving your PC
vulnerable to other threats, such as the W32.Blaster.Worm. You really
need to install some sort of firewall, if you're going to connect your
PC to the Internet.

Bruce Chambers

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Greetings --

Please stop deliberately posting potentially harmful advice.

Disabling the messenger service, which is all Gibson's utility
does, is a "head in the sand" approach to computer security that
leaves the PC vulnerable to threats such as the W32.Blaster.Worm.

The real problem is _not_ the messenger service pop-ups; they're
actually providing a useful service by acting as a security alert. The
true problem is the unsecured computer, and you're only
advice, however well-intended, was to turn off the warnings. How is
this helpful?

Equivalent Scenario: You over-exert your shoulder at work or
play, causing bursitis. After weeks of annoying and sometimes
excruciating pain whenever you try to reach over your head, you go to
a doctor and say, while demonstrating the motion, "Doc, it hurts when
I do this." The doctor, being as helpful as you are, replies, "Well,
don't do that."

The only true way to secure the PC, short of disconnecting it from
the Internet, is to install and *properly* configure a firewall; just
installing one and letting it's default settings handle things is no
good. Unfortunately, this does require one to learn a little bit more
about using a computer than used to be necessary.


Bruce Chambers

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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
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