popup in xp home

[vk]

Every 10 second my IE opens a ad page.. Its been monitoring
wht i browse.. If i search camera in google.. the next
popup will be buy digital camera at this and this site..

I am totally fedup.. i can't reinstall the whole OS just
for IE since i have so much data setup.. Is this the way
anyone markets..who the f..k will buy there products??

Some of the popup id's i caught the url..
http://images.trafficmp.com/tmpad/content/expedia/expedia118q4.html
--Traficmarketplace.com

Do you guys know any exe that does this popup.. or anything
like disabling plugins??

I want to uninstall IE and reinstall it again? how can i do
that?

plz hlp

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

There are at least three varieties of pop-ups, and the solutions
vary accordingly. Which specific type(s) is troubling you?

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

This type of spam has become quite common over the past year, 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, such as the Blaster Worm that recently
swept cross the Internet. Install and use a decent, properly
configured firewall. (Merely disabling the messenger service, as some
people recommend, only hides the symptom, and does almost nothing to
truly secure your machine.) And ignoring or just "putting up with"
the security gap represented by these messages 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

Stopping Advertisements with Messenger Service Titles
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communicate/stopspam.asp

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

Oh, and be especially wary of people who advise you to do nothing
more than disable the messenger service. Disabling the messenger
service, by itself, 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, if annoying, service by acting as
a security alert. The true problem is the unsecured computer, and
you've been advised to merely turn off the warnings. How is this
helpful?

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

3) To deal with pop-ups caused by any sort of "adware" and/or
"spyware,"such as Gator, Comet Cursors, Xupiter, Bonzai Buddy, or
KaZaA, and their remnants, that you've deliberately (but without
understanding the consequences) installed, two products that are
quite effective (at finding and removing this type of scumware) are
Ad-Aware from www.lavasoft.de and SpyBot Search & Destroy from
http://security.kolla.de/. Both have free versions. It's even
possible to use SpyBot Search & Destroy to "immunize" your system
against most future intrusions. I use both and generally perform
manual scans every week or so to clean out cookies, etc.


Bruce Chambers

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"vk" > wrote in message
...
> Every 10 second my IE opens a ad page.. Its been monitoring
> wht i browse.. If i search camera in google.. the next
> popup will be buy digital camera at this and this site..
>
> I am totally fedup.. i can't reinstall the whole OS just
> for IE since i have so much data setup.. Is this the way
> anyone markets..who the f..k will buy there products??
>
> Some of the popup id's i caught the url..
> http://images.trafficmp.com/tmpad/content/expedia/expedia118q4.html
> --Traficmarketplace.com
>
> Do you guys know any exe that does this popup.. or anything
> like disabling plugins??
>
> I want to uninstall IE and reinstall it again? how can i do
> that?
>
> plz hlp
>

[Kevin Davis³]

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 19:38:20 -0700, "Bruce Chambers"
> wrote:

> Oh, and be especially wary of people who advise you to do nothing
>more than disable the messenger service. Disabling the messenger
>service, by itself, 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, if annoying, service by acting as
>a security alert. The true problem is the unsecured computer, and
>you've been advised to merely turn off the warnings. How is this
>helpful?
>

Oh, and don't forget that the Messenger Service would also provide a
useful service to hackers if it is not patched:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-043.asp

Setup a firewall first, but if you don't need the Messenger Service,
turn it off. If you need it, patch it. You would also be well
advised to spend $50 and buy a home router.

Be especially wary of people who would insist on having you keep the
Messenger Service on as a "helpful feature" and conveniently
forgetting to inform you that it has a very serious vulnerability that
needs to be patched immediately.

And of particular interest is that Microsoft itself and security
experts are seriously reconsidering the role of the Messenger service:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/10/28/HNmessengeroff_1.html

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113321,tk,dn110703X,00.asp

http://news.com.com/2100-7355_3-5095935.html

Here's a link where Microsoft actually outright advises the user to
turn off the Messenger Service:

http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/pro/using/howto/communicate/stopspam.asp



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