KILL THE POP-UPS OR SUE GATES FOR SECURITY BREACH!!

[Marcia]

Make them stop!!! This is a total breach of security on
my computer and I want it to stop or I will file a
lawsuit!!

Marcia

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Marcia,

Do these "pop-ups" that are appearing have "Messenger Service" in their titlebar? If so, what
you're seeing is the Messenger service built-in to Windows, *not* Windows Messenger (which
are two different things) which spammers are exploiting -- this is not Microsoft, nor can
Microsoft control them anymore then they can control spam to your e-mail inbox.

To get rid of these pop ups, you'll need to disable the "Messenger Service", click Start,
then Run, enter "services.msc"and click OK. Scroll down to "Messenger", select it,
right-click and then choose Properties. Under startup type, choose 'Disabled' and then
choose the 'Stop' button. After the service is stopped, click OK. Nothing in Windows or any
real third-party applications should be effected by this.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Marcia" > wrote in message ...
> Make them stop!!! This is a total breach of security on
> my computer and I want it to stop or I will file a
> lawsuit!!
>
> Marcia

[Amethyst]

Jonathan is giving everyone who asks this question misinformation and I am
going to post the correct reply until he updates his stock response.

You need a firewall. You can either turn on the native one or - for complete
all-round protection - you need to purchase third party protection (I use
Zone Alarm Pro - they have a cut down freeware version which can be
downloaded from www.zonelabs.com). Some folk will tell you to turn off the
Messenger Service (nothing to do with Windows/MSN Messenger) but this is
like sweeping your bills under the rug. You will forget about them (out of
sight is out of mind) but they are still there and the consequences could be
serious if you don't deal with them. Buy a third party firewall (it is more
flexible as it can be configured) and set it to block ports 137-139 and 245
(there may be others, but I don't know of them). This will also prevent
spyware from 'phoning home'.

Just because someone has the letters 'MVP' after their name doesn't make
them any more 'right' (despite Mr Kay's protestations to the contrary) than
someone who doesn't. Jonathan's answer does nothing whatsoever to cure the
problem, it merely masks the symptoms, like applying calamine to measles
spots. Sure the spots will disappear, but it'll do nothing for the
underlying virus.



--�
Cassandra
Card carrying member of the Fresh Start Club 'The Undead Are People Too!'

Reply address is fake. Please send all praise, abuse, insults, bequests
of £1million to cassandra (at) craigy34 (dot) freeserve (dot) co (dot)
uk. Change the obvious to the obvious.
Private requests for assistance will not be acknowledged. Please post all
correspondence to the group so that all may benefit. Thank you.

[Bhavin Mistry]

if you're using zone alarm read this:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/31481.html

"Amethyst" > wrote in message
...
> Jonathan is giving everyone who asks this question misinformation and I am
> going to post the correct reply until he updates his stock response.
>
> You need a firewall. You can either turn on the native one or - for
complete
> all-round protection - you need to purchase third party protection (I use
> Zone Alarm Pro - they have a cut down freeware version which can be
> downloaded from www.zonelabs.com). Some folk will tell you to turn off the
> Messenger Service (nothing to do with Windows/MSN Messenger) but this is
> like sweeping your bills under the rug. You will forget about them (out of
> sight is out of mind) but they are still there and the consequences could
be
> serious if you don't deal with them. Buy a third party firewall (it is
more
> flexible as it can be configured) and set it to block ports 137-139 and
245
> (there may be others, but I don't know of them). This will also prevent
> spyware from 'phoning home'.
>
> Just because someone has the letters 'MVP' after their name doesn't make
> them any more 'right' (despite Mr Kay's protestations to the contrary)
than
> someone who doesn't. Jonathan's answer does nothing whatsoever to cure the
> problem, it merely masks the symptoms, like applying calamine to measles
> spots. Sure the spots will disappear, but it'll do nothing for the
> underlying virus.
>
>
>
> --�
> Cassandra
> Card carrying member of the Fresh Start Club 'The Undead Are People Too!'
>
> Reply address is fake. Please send all praise, abuse, insults, bequests
> of £1million to cassandra (at) craigy34 (dot) freeserve (dot) co (dot)
> uk. Change the obvious to the obvious.
> Private requests for assistance will not be acknowledged. Please post all
> correspondence to the group so that all may benefit. Thank you.
>
>

[rusty]

"Marcia" > wrote in message
...
| Make them stop!!! This is a total breach of security on
| my computer and I want it to stop or I will file a
| lawsuit!!
|
| Marcia


download MessengerPLUS and make sure you OPT OUT of the sponsorship ****.
there's an option in it to close the ad banner. it's the only reason i
downloaded it, i hate popups even more than you do.