Windows Messenging SPAM

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

What part of that don't you understand? It's obviously intended
to warn the OP not to heed advice from such people - the advice to
turn off the messenger service as a sole solution to the spam
annoyance is dangerous.


Bruce Chambers

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[Joe727]

Re-Read the OP's post. He says he has a firewall and an anti-virus program.
What part don't you understand?

Joe

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

If he had a *properly configured* firewall, as my response to him
said, he would not be getting the messenger service pop-ups. Why do
you persist in defending what is blatantly bad advice? Do you _want_
the OP to be open to other security exploits?

Bruce Chambers

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[wojo]

I have to wonder how many more people have to say this to Joe.

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If you can help me thanks.
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TO Email: Remove "SPAM" without the quotes

Useful Links
AdAware:
www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Spybot S & D:
www.safer-networking.org/
Check for Parasites/Worms:
www.gemal.dk/browserspy/parasites.html
Blaster Security Patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

 

[Joe727]

No, I don't want that. You are assuming his firewall is improperly
configured. You really don't know do you?

Joe

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Joe;
Yes, we do know.
If the Messenger Service ads get through, we know there is a problem
with the firewall.

 

[Flossie]

Joe;
Yes, we do know.
If the Messenger Service ads get through, we know there is a problem
with the firewall.

Listen to the MVP`s as they know what they are on about. They are here to
help people secure and maintain a decent stable system which is problem
free.


Paul

 

[Joe727]

If you say so.

Joe

Joe;
Yes, we do know.
If the Messenger Service ads get through, we know there is a problem
with the firewall.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

If the OP has a firewall installed and enabled, and is still
getting messenger service spam, then the firewall is _not_ configured
properly. QED.

Bruce Chambers

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[Alex Nichol]

If the OP has a firewall installed and enabled, and is still
getting messenger service spam, then the firewall is _not_ configured
properly. QED.

And specifically is configured to allow NETBIOS access on ports 135 to
139. This is the hole the popup ads come through, and more importantly
is the one the BLAST worm came through. It should not be open on a
connection to the Internet, but as it is used on LANs, firewalls often
leave it open by default. It is closed in the XP Firewall in SP1; but I
have heard (without definite confirmation) that it was open in the
original XP firewall