spam

[Thomas]

Hi Dave,Your problem is with windows messenger,Which
spammers are exploiting. You need to disable it to resolve
it.. To disable it Click on run, type in services.msc and
click start,then run Scroll down to messenger . This
should do it Like to know how you go on cheers <,Thomas
select it right click it then choose properties under
start up type choose disabled clilck Ok
>-----Original Message-----
>since getting messenger installed this week i am having
>an ad appear about 20 times a day inviting me to buy a
>spam blocking system. The thing is i never received this
>ad until i installed messenger. its driving me crazy and
>i want to stop it apearing how do i do that ?
>.
>

[Gary Tsang]

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 of a larger
issue. The real problem is open ports that allow unwanted traffic into the
computer.

Disabling Messenger does nothing for the open ports. You would need a
firewall that controls the traffic.

The above solution will not work if you have AOL as 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.
Hit the Stop Button under Service Status section
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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Gary Tsang


"Thomas" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Dave,Your problem is with windows messenger,Which
> spammers are exploiting. You need to disable it to resolve
> it.. To disable it Click on run, type in services.msc and
> click start,then run Scroll down to messenger . This
> should do it Like to know how you go on cheers <,Thomas
> select it right click it then choose properties under
> start up type choose disabled clilck Ok
> >-----Original Message-----
> >since getting messenger installed this week i am having
> >an ad appear about 20 times a day inviting me to buy a
> >spam blocking system. The thing is i never received this
> >ad until i installed messenger. its driving me crazy and
> >i want to stop it apearing how do i do that ?
> >.
> >