Pop ups 3rd Party Advertisment

[Miha Pihler]

Hi, if you are getting Messenger Service Pop-Ups then this MS article should
help you out.

[url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communicate/stopspam.asp[/url]

--
Mike
MCSA 2K, MCSE 2K, MCT, ...

"Celrina" <Celrina@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Need help preventing 3rd Party advertisment, while on line.

[Ian]

>-----Original Message-----
>Need help preventing 3rd Party advertisment, while on

line.

>.
>The solution below disables Windows messenger service

which is how these pop up's arrive

It does not work is 98 or ME as you cannot disable
Messenger Service

click start-control panei
click admin tools
click component services
double click services local
double click messenger to bring up the options panel
double click the highlighted panel and choose properties
click the stop button
select disabled or manual on the start up type drop down
menu
click Ok

Ian

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

I do wish you would stop posting potentially harmful advice.
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 1: Somewhere in a house, a small fire starts,
and sets off the smoke alarm. The home-owner, not immediately seeing
any fire/smoke, complains about the noise of the smoke detector, so
you tell him to remove the smoke detector's battery and go back to
sleep, or whatever else he was doing.

Equivalent Scenario 2: 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 is to *properly* configure the
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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"Ian" <iemurray@aol.com> wrote in message
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>

> >-----Original Message-----
> >Need help preventing 3rd Party advertisment, while on

> line.

> >.
> >The solution below disables Windows messenger service

> which is how these pop up's arrive
>
> It does not work is 98 or ME as you cannot disable
> Messenger Service
>
> click start-control panei
> click admin tools
> click component services
> double click services local
> double click messenger to bring up the options panel
> double click the highlighted panel and choose properties
> click the stop button
> select disabled or manual on the start up type drop down
> menu
> click Ok
>
> Ian

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Does the title bar of these pop-ups read "Messenger Service?"

This particular "sales method" is strikingly similar to the
"protection" rackets offered to small businesses by organized
criminals. Yes, it's a scam; no reputable business would need to
resort to extortion. Particularly since they're trying to sell you a
type of protection that is already available to you free of charge.

This a type of spam has become quite common over the past few
months, and unintentionally serves as a valid security "alert." It
demonstrates that you haven't been taking sufficient precautions while
connected to the Internet. Your data probably hasn't been compromised
by these specific advertisements, but if you're open to this exploit,
you may well be open to other threats. Install and use a decent,
properly configured firewall. (Disabling the messenger service, as
some people recommend, only hides the symptom, and does nothing to
secure your machine.) And ignoring or just "putting up with" these
messages and the problem they represent is particularly foolish.

Messenger Service of Windows
[url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;168893[/url]

Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement
Appears
[url]http://support.microsoft.com/?id=330904[/url]

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

Blocking Ads, Parasites, and Hijackers with a Hosts File
[url]http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm[/url]


Bruce Chambers

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"Celrina" <Celrina@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Need help preventing 3rd Party advertisment, while on line.