re.windows messenger pop-ups

[Kathy]

>-----Original 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!!!!
>.
>Ok here is the fix a nice man in a techroom told me
how to disable the messenger that is on xp
Start/ control panel
click on performance and maintenance
then administrative tools
then double click on services
then click on messenger
then click turn of messenger
Happy Happy pass is on to all xp users

[Miha Pihler]

Kathy,

Please stop giving unsafe advices. Stopping Messenger service might stop
Pop-Ups but won't stop people from the Internet having full access to the
computer. Using personal firewall will stop that kind of access.

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

"Kathy" > wrote in message
...
>
> >-----Original 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!!!!
> >.
> >Ok here is the fix a nice man in a techroom told me
> how to disable the messenger that is on xp
> Start/ control panel
> click on performance and maintenance
> then administrative tools
> then double click on services
> then click on messenger
> then click turn of messenger
> Happy Happy pass is on to all xp users
>

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Please 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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"Kathy" > wrote in message
...
>
> >-----Original 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!!!!
> >.
> >Ok here is the fix a nice man in a techroom told me
> how to disable the messenger that is on xp
> Start/ control panel
> click on performance and maintenance
> then administrative tools
> then double click on services
> then click on messenger
> then click turn of messenger
> Happy Happy pass is on to all xp users
>