Windows XP Pop-Up Prevention Software Ideas Needed

[Tina Pace]

Hey guys!! Hope everyone is doing great today!!

I have Windows XP Home Edition and my question is:

Does Microsoft have a product for internet "pop-up"
prevention? I'm sick of getting pop-ups on my screen all
the time!!! I don't know how they are getting in!

I need the name of the software you suggest - and is this
MS product available for purchase online? If so, please
let me know where to go to download it.

Thanks!

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

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

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

For Internet pop-ups, you might try the free 12Ghosts Popup-killer
from http://12ghosts.com/ghosts/popup.htm or Pop-Up Stopper from
http://www.panicware.com/. Myself, I use Norton Internet Security,
which, in addition to containing Norton Anti-Virus and Personal
Firewall, also blocks most of the pop-up adds on the Internet.


Bruce Chambers

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"Tina Pace" > wrote in message
...
> Hey guys!! Hope everyone is doing great today!!
>
> I have Windows XP Home Edition and my question is:
>
> Does Microsoft have a product for internet "pop-up"
> prevention? I'm sick of getting pop-ups on my screen all
> the time!!! I don't know how they are getting in!
>
> I need the name of the software you suggest - and is this
> MS product available for purchase online? If so, please
> let me know where to go to download it.
>
> Thanks!

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

No need to pay for the fix.
For Messenger Service ads:
You need to install or enable a firewall:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q330904&
Disabling Messenger Service can be a good idea, but it does not solve
the real problem.
The ads are not the real problem, the ads are only a symptom.
The real problem is open ports that allow unwanted traffic into the
computer.
Disabling Messenger does nothing for the open ports.
The firewall controls the traffic.

Internet Connection Firewall will not work if you have AOL.
AOL is not compatible with Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
(ICF)
If you have AOL, you should contact AOL and/or get a 3rd party
firewall.

Disable Messenger Service:
Start/Control Panel, click Administrative Tools, click Services.
Go down to "Messenger".
Right click "Messenger" and select Properties.
Then under Start-up select DISABLE
Click OK and follow prompts

Check this link:
http://www.aumha.org/a/noads.php
Run Ad-Aware (free version) or Spybot to check for spyware:
http://www.lavasoft.de/
Or
http://spybot.eon.net.au/

For internet pop-ups, try one of these:
http://www.panicware.com/
http://www.bysoft.se/sureshot/stopthepop/index.html
http://www.popupbuster.com/PopUpBuster/
http://www.kolumbus.fi/eero.muhonen/FS/
http://www.endpopups.com/
http://www.adshield.org/

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"Tina Pace" > wrote in message
...
> Hey guys!! Hope everyone is doing great today!!
>
> I have Windows XP Home Edition and my question is:
>
> Does Microsoft have a product for internet "pop-up"
> prevention? I'm sick of getting pop-ups on my screen all
> the time!!! I don't know how they are getting in!
>
> I need the name of the software you suggest - and is this
> MS product available for purchase online? If so, please
> let me know where to go to download it.
>
> Thanks!

[Shenan T. Stanley]

Tina Pace <> wrote:
> Hey guys!! Hope everyone is doing great today!!
>
> I have Windows XP Home Edition and my question is:
>
> Does Microsoft have a product for internet "pop-up"
> prevention? I'm sick of getting pop-ups on my screen all
> the time!!! I don't know how they are getting in!
>
> I need the name of the software you suggest - and is this
> MS product available for purchase online? If so, please
> let me know where to go to download it.


Advice on Popups and their elimination:

http://www.fracas.net/newsgroups/generaladvice.html#popups
or
http://tinyurl.com/el9s

You may want to look over the whole page.

--
Shenan Stanley
"Just trying to help"