Pop up adverts

[William Pooles]

I keep getting pop up adverts sent to my machine.

They say if I visit www.popuppadlock.com I can buy
software to prevent them getting into my pc.

Apparently this is a windows XP problem. Does anyone
know how to stop them without buying the software as I
suspect the same people are sending the ads as selling
the software.

Please email your replies

Thanks

Will

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Stopping Advertisements with Messenger Service Titles
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communicate/stopspam.asp

A New Window Appears When You Visit Some Web Sites
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q308446

Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement Appears
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330904&sd=tech

Free Popup Blockers
http://www.webattack.com/Freeware/misctools/fwpopblock.shtml

Essential Security Tools for Home Office Users
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...l=/technet/columns/security/5min/5min-105.asp


I would suggest you install a comprehensive internet security package
to help avoid possible security breeches in the future.

Norton Internet Security 2004
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/nis/nis_pe/

-- Includes Norton AntiVirus 2004
-- Includes Norton Personal Firewall
-- Includes prevention of annoying web pop-ups
-- Includes Parental Controls
-- All in one, easy-to-install package


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I keep getting pop up adverts sent to my machine.
|
| They say if I visit www.popuppadlock.com I can buy
| software to prevent them getting into my pc.
|
| Apparently this is a windows XP problem. Does anyone
| know how to stop them without buying the software as I
| suspect the same people are sending the ads as selling
| the software.
|
| Please email your replies
|
| Thanks
|
| Will

 

[Laudon Williams [MSFT]]

Williams, you may find the following helpful:
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Does the window title say anything about Messenger? If so, you need a
firewall. 'Messenger spam', is not in itself harmful, but is symptomatic of
a larger problem - your computer has ports open from the Internet.

You can disable the Messenger service, but that is unwise as a solution as
you'll still have the underlying problem that caused you to get the messages
in the first place - consider the messages a useful warning that you have no
protection from the Internet. This is all too important now, given the
recent rash of RPC worms....

For a standalone machine, see www.sygate.com for a free personal firewall,
or if using Windows XP, you can enable the built-in internet connection
firewall (ICF).

See http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm for more info.