Unwanted Pop-Ups

[Luis]

I dial up via a modem and use 2000 Professional.
Currently I'm getting Pop-Ups whenever I'm online trying
to sell me software that prevents unwanted Pop-Ups.

Can I just turn off my pop-up service somehow? I do not
care for or need pop-ups.

Thanks much, Luis

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

For browser popups, try www.panicware.com - or the Google toolbar 2.0 beta,
which has a built-in popup blocker.

For "Messenger Service" popups, 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.

For a standalone machine, see www.sygate.com for a free personal firewall.

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