Popups

[Juuls]

I know there is a fix in Windows XP Professional that
allows you to stop those annoying popups that launch as
long as my connection to the internet is open...they are
not internet generated but are some sort of Win XP
internal messanger capability and all of them are total
SPAM..they launch in the grey sort of window that all
error messages do and sometimes when I sit down even
though I don't have IE open there is a stack of those
buggers on the screen. Please advise.
Juuls

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Open Help and Support and search for "firewall". This will tell you how to
enable XP's built in firewall. If you have a valid reason not to use a
firewall, click Start, Run and enter SERVICES.MSC Locate the Messenger
entry and double click it. Set it to Stopped and Disabled.

However, the reason they can get to the Messenger Service (not to be
confused with Windows Messenger) in the first place, is that your internet
connection is not secure.

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/winmesspop.htm

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"Juuls" > wrote in message
...
> I know there is a fix in Windows XP Professional that
> allows you to stop those annoying popups that launch as
> long as my connection to the internet is open...they are
> not internet generated but are some sort of Win XP
> internal messanger capability and all of them are total
> SPAM..they launch in the grey sort of window that all
> error messages do and sometimes when I sit down even
> though I don't have IE open there is a stack of those
> buggers on the screen. Please advise.
> Juuls

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

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
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;168893

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

Additionally:

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


Bruce Chambers

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"Juuls" > wrote in message
...
> I know there is a fix in Windows XP Professional that
> allows you to stop those annoying popups that launch as
> long as my connection to the internet is open...they are
> not internet generated but are some sort of Win XP
> internal messanger capability and all of them are total
> SPAM..they launch in the grey sort of window that all
> error messages do and sometimes when I sit down even
> though I don't have IE open there is a stack of those
> buggers on the screen. Please advise.
> Juuls