Pop-up Messages

[karen moseley]

How do I get rid of pop-up messages appearing on
my screen?

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

karen moseley wrote:

> How do I get rid of pop-up messages appearing on
> my screen?

Hi

Some general information about popups and how to stop it:
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#pop-ups

Does it say Messenger Service in the title?

In that case:

You can disable the Messenger service, but by doing only that, the
computer will STILL be open to the Internet and be pretty unsecured. The
Messenger Service messages is only the symptom, and not the cause.

You should follow the recommendations in the MS Knowledge Base article 330904:

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

Here is the most important part of it:

"For this reason, Microsoft recommends that you install a firewall and
configure it to block NetBIOS traffic instead of merely just turning off
the Messenger service."

That means blocking internet access to ports 135, 137-139 and 445 with a SW or
HW firewall.

http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#firewall


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torgeir
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