Popups not detected by ad-aware or anything ::(

[Zac]

Hi, i keep getting pop ups bothering me to downlaod some
pop up killer... it it getting frustrating because it
isnt being detected by ad-aware and it isnt a virus... i
dont know why i am getting these. I will be sitting there
palying a game adn all of a suddon they pop up. anybody
else have this problem or know how to kill it? (without
actually downloading their software?)

[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


"Zac" > wrote in message
...
> Hi, i keep getting pop ups bothering me to downlaod some
> pop up killer... it it getting frustrating because it
> isnt being detected by ad-aware and it isnt a virus... i
> dont know why i am getting these. I will be sitting there
> palying a game adn all of a suddon they pop up. anybody
> else have this problem or know how to kill it? (without
> actually downloading their software?)
>

[nospam.please@ualberta.ca]

What you may be seeing are Messenger service pop-ups. These are not a virus,
not a trojan, and not spyware - They come through a built-in service in XP
(and NT/2k too). You send these messages via the "net send" command, or
various programs that the spammers use.
You can stop them by going to My Computer/Manage/Services, find the Messenger
service, and stop it - then set the startup type on it to manual or disabled,
so that it won't automatically start when you reboot. Some organizations use
this message service for things like administrator alerts/announcements or
print job notifications, so they may not want this service turned off, but if
you are just at home, there is probably no good reason to leave this service
running.

In article >, "Zac"
> wrote:
|Hi, i keep getting pop ups bothering me to downlaod some
|pop up killer... it it getting frustrating because it
|isnt being detected by ad-aware and it isnt a virus... i
|dont know why i am getting these. I will be sitting there
|palying a game adn all of a suddon they pop up. anybody
|else have this problem or know how to kill it? (without
|actually downloading their software?)