re.windows messenger pop-ups

[shirley stone]

I have just read through some of the (conflicting!)
advice for stopping these annoying pop-ups.Does anyone
have a solution that doesn't just mask the problem ?
I am running AOL v8.0 and I have Mcafee Internet security
installed too but I still get those pesky pop-ups!!
I have also installed the Microsoft service pack 1a
update etc. etc.
Does anyone have an actual cure for this?!
Help!It's driving me nuts!!!!

[Miha Pihler]

Shirley,

best thing you can do is install and use personal firewall. There are few
good free ones like Sygate (www.sygate.com) or ZoneAlarm or Tiny personal
firewall.
Running personal firewall will stop Messenger Pop-Ups.

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

"shirley stone" > wrote in message
...
> I have just read through some of the (conflicting!)
> advice for stopping these annoying pop-ups.Does anyone
> have a solution that doesn't just mask the problem ?
> I am running AOL v8.0 and I have Mcafee Internet security
> installed too but I still get those pesky pop-ups!!
> I have also installed the Microsoft service pack 1a
> update etc. etc.
> Does anyone have an actual cure for this?!
> Help!It's driving me nuts!!!!

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Consult the documentation that came with your McAfee Internet
security application on how to close the specific ports used by the
messenger service.

Use the firewall to block UDP ports 135, 137, and 138; TCP ports
135, 139, and 445. You may also disable Inbound NetBIOS (NetBIOS over
TCP/IP). You'll have to follow the instructions from McAfee for the
specific steps.


Bruce Chambers

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"shirley stone" > wrote in message
...
> I have just read through some of the (conflicting!)
> advice for stopping these annoying pop-ups.Does anyone
> have a solution that doesn't just mask the problem ?
> I am running AOL v8.0 and I have Mcafee Internet security
> installed too but I still get those pesky pop-ups!!
> I have also installed the Microsoft service pack 1a
> update etc. etc.
> Does anyone have an actual cure for this?!
> Help!It's driving me nuts!!!!