Popup Ads, Banners (Whatever you want to call them)

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Joel

Those popup ads that randomly pop onto your computer
screen everyonce and a while advertising cheap college or
never see another popup ad if you go to www.endads.com or
whatever. I know there is a way to disable them from
being able to popup...I've done it before, but I can't
seem to remember how. If someone could help that'd be
great.
 
Joel --

**** You need to make sure you have a FIREWALL enabled ****

Open XP's "Help and Support" and type: FIREWALL , and hit enter.
Click on the topic titled "Enable or Disable Internet Connection Firewall".

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

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

If you wish to solve your pop-up problems once and for
all, consider purchasing and installing a third-party program
designed to do just that:

Norton Internet Security 2003
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/nis/nis_pe/

-- Includes Norton AntiVirus 2003
-- Includes Norton Personal Firewall
-- Includes prevention of annoying web pop-ups
-- Includes Parental Controls
-- All in one, easy-to-install package


--
Nicholas

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| Those popup ads that randomly pop onto your computer
| screen everyonce and a while advertising cheap college or
| never see another popup ad if you go to www.endads.com or
| whatever. I know there is a way to disable them from
| being able to popup...I've done it before, but I can't
| seem to remember how. If someone could help that'd be
| great.
 
Not a better way - that's akin to taking the batteries out of the smoke
detector when it beeps.

The best way is a firewall. In fact, that's the only sensible way.....
 
Greetings --

No, that is most definitely *not* a "better way."

Please stop posting potentially harmful advice. What are you, a
hacker-wannabe? Why else would you be deliberately posting bad
advice? Are you trying to give people a false sense of security by
having them turn off what are, in effect, valid security warnings,
while still leaving their PCs open to potential exploitation?

Disabling the messenger service is a "head in the sand" approach
to computer security.

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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