Windows Messenger + Popups

[Matt Ferguson]

All,

My machine crashed last weekend (something to do with my fiancee I'm sure
, leaving me to reinstall everything. I'mnow getting deluged again with
porn pop-ups which I think have something to do with Windows Messenger. I've
removed Messenger from my programs but it is still present! How do I get rid
of it, and the pop-ups?

Thanks

Matt

 

[marty]

Matt..
teach her now...fiancée mode is bad....once in wife mode...PC is history....

 

[Jim Macklin]

Turn the firewall ON or install the Zone Alarm firewall
(free) if you want a little more control than the XP ICF
(firewall) provides.


"Matt Ferguson" <[email protected]>
wrote in message | All,
|
| My machine crashed last weekend (something to do with my
fiancee I'm sure
| , leaving me to reinstall everything. I'mnow getting
deluged again with
| porn pop-ups which I think have something to do with
Windows Messenger. I've
| removed Messenger from my programs but it is still
present! How do I get rid
| of it, and the pop-ups?
|
| Thanks
|
| Matt
|
|

 

[Matt Ferguson]

Thanks Jim. I'm using a Norton firewall, which advises against using the
Windows firewall at the same time. That said, shouldn't the Norton firewall
block these pop-ups? It succesfully blocks ads, and I'm sure it was blocking
the pop-ups before the system crashed; I can't see any options that would
lead me to turning the pop-up blocker on or off, though and just assume that
it blocks rubbish by default...

 

[Jim Macklin]

If the firewall is working it would block popup broadcast to
Messenger. If you have a Trojan or adware/spyware and they
request an ad a firewall won't stop it.

You only need one working firewall, but you could run a
whole bunch and they would not really cause a problem or
much of a slow down. A firewall is a switch, either ON or
OFF.


"Matt Ferguson" <[email protected]>
wrote in message | Thanks Jim. I'm using a Norton firewall, which advises
against using the
| Windows firewall at the same time. That said, shouldn't
the Norton firewall
| block these pop-ups? It succesfully blocks ads, and I'm
sure it was blocking
| the pop-ups before the system crashed; I can't see any
options that would
| lead me to turning the pop-up blocker on or off, though
and just assume that
| it blocks rubbish by default...
|
in message
| | > Turn the firewall ON or install the Zone Alarm firewall
| > (free) if you want a little more control than the XP ICF
| > (firewall) provides.
| >
| >
| > "Matt Ferguson" <[email protected]>
| > wrote in message
| > | All,
| > |
| > | My machine crashed last weekend (something to do with
my
| > fiancee I'm sure
| > | , leaving me to reinstall everything. I'mnow
getting
| > deluged again with
| > | porn pop-ups which I think have something to do with
| > Windows Messenger. I've
| > | removed Messenger from my programs but it is still
| > present! How do I get rid
| > | of it, and the pop-ups?
| > |
| > | Thanks
| > |
| > | Matt
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|