messenger pop up ads

[Dennis]

Can anybody tell me if microsoft, has found a way to stop
the ad people from sending ads through the messenger....I
am on windows xp........Any info on how i can stop them
would be appreciated......~Dennis~....:-)

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Dennis,

There has been an upsurge in some Messenger (that is .NET Messenger) spam this past month.
This conversation did go through the Messenger server, but you may not be aware that anyone
can actually send you a message through the .NET Messenger network without being on your
contact list. For example, if you right-click your Messenger icon, choose "Send an Instant
Message", the Other tab, you can actually type in a Passport e-mail address and send a
message to them, without being on their contact list.

However, you can change this behavior, so that people will have to add your to their contact
lists before they can send you a message (note, if it's arriving using the 'group' method of
Messenger spam, this will only block the group spam in MSN Messenger 5), open up the main
Messenger window, click Tools, then Options, then the Privacy tab, click 'All other users'
(or 'All users' in MSN Messenger 5) and then click the Block >> button.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Dennis" > wrote in message
...
> Can anybody tell me if microsoft, has found a way to stop
> the ad people from sending ads through the messenger....I
> am on windows xp........Any info on how i can stop them
> would be appreciated......~Dennis~....:-)