Annoying pop ups

>-----Original Message-----
>Please can anyone tell me how to get rid of those
>annoying pop up messages which I have ever since getting
>Windows XP?
>.
>Download the Google Toolbar, its free. It works really
well

[Cerridwen]

wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Please can anyone tell me how to get rid of those
>> annoying pop up messages which I have ever since getting
>> Windows XP?
>> .
>> Download the Google Toolbar, its free. It works really well

She's talking about MESSENGER SERVICE pop-ups - it does nothing about those!

[Rob]

Cerridwen,
This site has the info you want.
Sorry if you have this already, I have not seen your prevous post
www.itc.virginia.edu/desktop/docs/messagepopup/
Rob.
"Cerridwen" > wrote in message
...
| wrote:
| >> -----Original Message-----
| >> Please can anyone tell me how to get rid of those
| >> annoying pop up messages which I have ever since getting
| >> Windows XP?
| >> .
| >> Download the Google Toolbar, its free. It works really well
|
| She's talking about MESSENGER SERVICE pop-ups - it does nothing about
those!
|
|

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

I realize that you're trying to help, and that such an intent is
commendable, but please don't post potentially harmful advice.

Disabling the messenger service, as that particular web site
advises, is a "treat the symptoms" approach to computer security still
that leaves the PC vulnerable to threats such as the W32.Blaster.Worm.

The real problem is _not_ the messenger service pop-ups; they're
actually providing a useful service by acting as a security alert.
The true problem is the unsecured computer, and your only advice,
however well-intended, was to turn off the warnings.

Equivalent Scenario: Pulling the battery out of a noisy smoke
detector instead of seeking and eliminating the source of the smoke
that set it off.

The only true way to secure the PC, short of disconnecting it from
the Internet, is to install and *properly* configure a firewall; just
installing one and letting it's default settings handle things is no
good.

Also, Cerridwen was not the one who needed help; you replied to
the wrong person.

Bruce Chambers

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having both at once. -- RAH


"Rob" > wrote in message
...
> Cerridwen,
> This site has the info you want.
> Sorry if you have this already, I have not seen your prevous post
> www.itc.virginia.edu/desktop/docs/messagepopup/
> Rob.

[Cerridwen]

Rob wrote:
> Cerridwen,
> This site has the info you want.
> Sorry if you have this already, I have not seen your prevous post
> www.itc.virginia.edu/desktop/docs/messagepopup/
> Rob.

Erm, why are you telling me this?! I'm not the original poster. Do learn to
follow a thread. I'm fully conversant in the finer nuances of the messenger
service, thank you.

[Cerridwen]

Rob wrote:
> Cerridwen,
> This site has the info you want.
> Sorry if you have this already, I have not seen your prevous post
> www.itc.virginia.edu/desktop/docs/messagepopup/
> Rob.

Whoops - too trigger happy on the send button there! What I should have said
was (and thanks Bruce for setting me straight) "Yes I'm aware of that site,
it's in my 'Harmful Sites' folder." Why? Read Bruce's post to learn why.