pop-ups

[john delaigle]

To whom it may concern

I have windows xp on my computer and I also have high
speed internet.
Just yesterday I was playing a game and I recieved a pop-
up box.
So I stopped playing and just left my computer on and out
of the blue another pop-up box please tell me how to
prevent this from happing because evrything I do now this
happens.
Thanking in advance

John

[rifleman]

In ,
john delaigle > cogitated deeply and wrote
> To whom it may concern
>
> I have windows xp on my computer and I also have high
> speed internet.
> Just yesterday I was playing a game and I recieved a pop-
> up box.
> So I stopped playing and just left my computer on and out
> of the blue another pop-up box please tell me how to
> prevent this from happing because evrything I do now this
> happens.
> Thanking in advance
>
> John

if you look at the postings for the last 4 or 5 days you will see quite a
lot of traffic on this very subject.

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[john delaigle]

Thank you but can you please tell me how to stop this
from happing ??

Thanking in advance
John

[rifleman]

In ,
john delaigle > cogitated deeply and wrote
> Thank you but can you please tell me how to stop this
> from happing ??
>
> Thanking in advance
> John

have you read the replies?

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[Squire]

John, it sounds like you need a firewall to keep out unwanted intrusions.
Click the following address for a free firewall from ZoneAlarm.
This is a self extracting file you activate by using the Start, Run line,
typing the path to where you downloaded the file.

Good Luck,
Jerry

"john delaigle" > wrote in message
...
> To whom it may concern
>
> I have windows xp on my computer and I also have high
> speed internet.
> Just yesterday I was playing a game and I recieved a pop-
> up box.
> So I stopped playing and just left my computer on and out
> of the blue another pop-up box please tell me how to
> prevent this from happing because evrything I do now this
> happens.
> Thanking in advance
>
> John

[Squire]

Here is the Address:

http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/zonealarm/freeDownloadEXE.jsp?lid-home_za

To prevent wordwrap use full page

Jerry

>

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

This a type of spam 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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"john delaigle" > wrote in message
...
> To whom it may concern
>
> I have windows xp on my computer and I also have high
> speed internet.
> Just yesterday I was playing a game and I recieved a pop-
> up box.
> So I stopped playing and just left my computer on and out
> of the blue another pop-up box please tell me how to
> prevent this from happing because evrything I do now this
> happens.
> Thanking in advance
>
> John

[rifleman]

In ,
Squire > cogitated deeply and wrote
> John, it sounds like you need a firewall to keep out unwanted
> intrusions. Click the following address for a free firewall from
> ZoneAlarm.
> This is a self extracting file you activate by using the Start, Run
> line, typing the path to where you downloaded the file.
>
> Good Luck,
> Jerry
>
> "john delaigle" > wrote in message
> ...
>> To whom it may concern
>>
>> I have windows xp on my computer and I also have high
>> speed internet.
>> Just yesterday I was playing a game and I recieved a pop-
>> up box.
>> So I stopped playing and just left my computer on and out
>> of the blue another pop-up box please tell me how to
>> prevent this from happing because evrything I do now this
>> happens.
>> Thanking in advance
>>
>> John

Actually the in-built firewall in XP is pretty good - try testing it on some
of the third-party test sites, I think you'll be quite surprised.( As an
afterthiught, is that only in Pro though?)

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[Jim Macklin]

XP firewall is available in either Home or Pro and is not ON
by default in either.

It only blocks incoming, which is most important. Zone
Alarm will block incoming and out-going traffic and alerts
to changed programs.


"rifleman" > wrote in message
...
| In ,
| Squire > cogitated deeply and wrote
| > John, it sounds like you need a firewall to keep out
unwanted
| > intrusions. Click the following address for a free
firewall from
| > ZoneAlarm.
| > This is a self extracting file you activate by using the
Start, Run
| > line, typing the path to where you downloaded the file.
| >
| > Good Luck,
| > Jerry
| >
| > "john delaigle" > wrote in
message
| > ...
| >> To whom it may concern
| >>
| >> I have windows xp on my computer and I also have high
| >> speed internet.
| >> Just yesterday I was playing a game and I recieved a
pop-
| >> up box.
| >> So I stopped playing and just left my computer on and
out
| >> of the blue another pop-up box please tell me how to
| >> prevent this from happing because evrything I do now
this
| >> happens.
| >> Thanking in advance
| >>
| >> John
|
| Actually the in-built firewall in XP is pretty good - try
testing it on some
| of the third-party test sites, I think you'll be quite
surprised.( As an
| afterthiught, is that only in Pro though?)
|
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|

[Squire]

XP's firewall and ZoneAlarm work well together, turn them both on.

Jerry

> Actually the in-built firewall in XP is pretty good - try testing it on
some
> of the third-party test sites, I think you'll be quite surprised.( As an
> afterthiught, is that only in Pro though?)
>
>

[Ken Blake]

In , Squire wrote:

> XP's firewall and ZoneAlarm work well together, turn them both
on.


Why? If you're running Zone Alarm, it does everything that the
built-in firewall does, and more. There's no advantage to also
having XP's firewall on.

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[Squire]

Just personal preference, Ken,
You know, different strokes for different folks.

Jerry

"Ken Blake" > wrote in message
...
> In , Squire wrote:
>
> > XP's firewall and ZoneAlarm work well together, turn them both
> on.
>
>
> Why? If you're running Zone Alarm, it does everything that the
> built-in firewall does, and more. There's no advantage to also
> having XP's firewall on.
>
> --
> Ken Blake
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>