messenger service spam

[michael veltum]

i keep getting all these messenger service pop ups.one of
these message states that"this was a built in feature
that Microsoft included in your copy of Windows XP.i have
never had this problem until i changed over to SBC YAHOO
DSL.they tell me that i can download Messenger Stopper
for 25$.something isn't right,something is rotten in
Denmark.can anybody fill me in on what is happening?how
can whoever sends this junk out expect someone to spend 25
$ to get rid of it.my phone number is 708-544-5145,you
can call collect if you want to speak to me to get more
information.i don't know if i have explained things clear
enough.HELP! thank you, michael veltum

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

This is "sales method" is strikingly similar to the "protection"
rackets offered to small businesses by organized criminals. No,
they're not "reputable." Particularly since they're trying to sell
you a type of protection that is already available to you free of
charge.

There is a type of spam that has become quite common over the past
few months, 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. Install and use a decent,
properly configured firewall. (Disabling the messenger service, as
some people recommend, only hides the symptom, and does nothing to
secure your machine.) And ignoring or just "putting up with" these
messages and the problem they represent 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

Additionally:

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


Bruce Chambers

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"michael veltum" > wrote in message
...
> i keep getting all these messenger service pop ups.one of
> these message states that"this was a built in feature
> that Microsoft included in your copy of Windows XP.i have
> never had this problem until i changed over to SBC YAHOO
> DSL.they tell me that i can download Messenger Stopper
> for 25$.something isn't right,something is rotten in
> Denmark.can anybody fill me in on what is happening?how
> can whoever sends this junk out expect someone to spend 25
> $ to get rid of it.my phone number is 708-544-5145,you
> can call collect if you want to speak to me to get more
> information.i don't know if i have explained things clear
> enough.HELP! thank you, michael veltum

[Miha Pihler]

Your PC is not safe as it is on the Internet.

Read this article how to solve your problem and make your PC more secure
then it is now...

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

Mike

"Robert" > wrote in message
...
> I have just gotten XP home edition. Was using 98.
> NOT HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> How do you turn off the messenger service SPAM?
> Every time I start up the computer Messenger Service
> sends an advertisement for what ever. It stays on tope
> and when you close it another one pops up?
> What is up with this. I'm about ready to through this XP
> in the trash!
>
> Thanks Robert sends