Popups

[John card]

I have just acquired a new computer with Win XP (home ed)
I keep getting pop up messages, some of them of an
extremely objectionable nature. How can I turn this
feature off?

[Peter T]

John

Is it new or new to you?

What sort of pop-ups?

They are not a feature of WXP Home and if they turn up when you are web
browsing you can get pop-up stopping programs. If they turn up when off
line, it seems as if your 'new' PC might already be in need of a good clean!

Peter
"John card" > wrote in message
...
> I have just acquired a new computer with Win XP (home ed)
> I keep getting pop up messages, some of them of an
> extremely objectionable nature. How can I turn this
> feature off?

[Mary Sauer]

Get yourself some spyware such as Spybot, Ad-Aware and many others. This article will
be helpful
Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement Appears
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330904

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"John card" > wrote in message
...
> I have just acquired a new computer with Win XP (home ed)
> I keep getting pop up messages, some of them of an
> extremely objectionable nature. How can I turn this
> feature off?

[Shenan T. Stanley]

John card <> wrote:
> I have just acquired a new computer with Win XP (home ed)
> I keep getting pop up messages, some of them of an
> extremely objectionable nature. How can I turn this
> feature off?

Advice on Popups and their elimination:

http://www.fracas.net/newsgroups/generaladvice.html#popups
or
http://tinyurl.com/el9s

You may want to look over the whole page.

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Shenan Stanley
"Just trying to help"

[rifleman]

In ,
Peter T > contemplated the little bit of
fluff in his navel and typed:
> John
>
> Is it new or new to you?
>
> What sort of pop-ups?
>
> They are not a feature of WXP Home and if they turn up when you are
> web browsing you can get pop-up stopping programs. If they turn up
> when off line, it seems as if your 'new' PC might already be in need
> of a good clean!
>
> Peter
> "John card" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I have just acquired a new computer with Win XP (home ed)
>> I keep getting pop up messages, some of them of an
>> extremely objectionable nature. How can I turn this
>> feature off?

Pop-up stoppers will only cure the symptoms NOT the cause. The OP needs a
good firewall.

[rifleman]

In ,
John card > contemplated the little bit of fluff in his
navel and typed:
> I have just acquired a new computer with Win XP (home ed)
> I keep getting pop up messages, some of them of an
> extremely objectionable nature. How can I turn this
> feature off?

You need a good firewall installed and you need to block NETBIOS traffic.

[rifleman]

In ,
Mary Sauer > contemplated the little bit of fluff
in his navel and typed:
> Get yourself some spyware such as Spybot, Ad-Aware and many others.
> This article will be helpful
> Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement
> Appears http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330904
>
>> I have just acquired a new computer with Win XP (home ed)
>> I keep getting pop up messages, some of them of an
>> extremely objectionable nature. How can I turn this
>> feature off?

Rubbish. these programs do NOT stop pop-ups. The OP needs a firewall.

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Does the title bar of these pop-ups read "Messenger Service?"

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

Stopping Advertisements with Messenger Service Titles
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communicate/stopspam.asp

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

For Internet pop-ups, you might try the free 12Ghosts Popup-killer
from http://12ghosts.com/ghosts/popup.htm or Pop-Up Stopper from
http://www.panicware.com/. Myself, I use Norton Internet Security,
which, in addition to containing Norton Anti-Virus and Personal
Firewall, also blocks most of the pop-up adds on the Internet.


Bruce Chambers

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"John card" > wrote in message
...
> I have just acquired a new computer with Win XP (home ed)
> I keep getting pop up messages, some of them of an
> extremely objectionable nature. How can I turn this
> feature off?

[gundam]

Depends on what type of pop-ups you are talking about.

If its the Messenger Service ones that look like its from
MSN, then a firewall like ZoneAlarm (free) will stop them.

If you are talking about pop-up advertising from websites
when you are surfing, then you either need some Pop-up
stoppers, etc... free ones are available, but I have found
they still don't stop everything.

I suggest you try using another Internet Browser:
Mozilla. It has a built in preference that DOES NOT allow
UNCLICKED windows to open. That has stopped every site's
pop-up advertising that I've been to.

[rifleman]

In ,
gundam > contemplated the little bit of fluff in his
navel and typed:
> Depends on what type of pop-ups you are talking about.
>
> If its the Messenger Service ones that look like its from
> MSN, then a firewall like ZoneAlarm (free) will stop them.
>
> If you are talking about pop-up advertising from websites
> when you are surfing, then you either need some Pop-up
> stoppers, etc... free ones are available, but I have found
> they still don't stop everything.
>
> I suggest you try using another Internet Browser:
> Mozilla. It has a built in preference that DOES NOT allow
> UNCLICKED windows to open. That has stopped every site's
> pop-up advertising that I've been to.

Could you please quote at least some of the post you are replying to, as it
keeps the thread intact.

Thank you.

--
(I may be wrong...I usually am....)
Google is your Friend
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam:
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

[gundam]

I was referring to the original poster's question.
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Subject: Popups
From: "John card" > Sent: 6/27/2003

I have just acquired a new computer with Win XP (home ed)
I keep getting pop up messages, some of them of an
extremely objectionable nature. How can I turn this
feature off? "
-------------------------------------------------

Since he mentioned some pop ups are of "objectionable
nature", sounds like these popups are coming from internet
surfing. Hence, perhaps he's referring to advertising.

www.mozilla.org would be a very good browser to use to go
to these sites. As Mozilla has a function to "disable"
popup windows.

[rifleman]

In ,
gundam > contemplated the little bit of fluff in his
navel and typed:
> I was referring to the original poster's question.
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Subject: Popups
> From: "John card" > Sent: 6/27/2003
>
> I have just acquired a new computer with Win XP (home ed)
> I keep getting pop up messages, some of them of an
> extremely objectionable nature. How can I turn this
> feature off? "
> -------------------------------------------------
>
> Since he mentioned some pop ups are of "objectionable
> nature", sounds like these popups are coming from internet
> surfing. Hence, perhaps he's referring to advertising.
>
> www.mozilla.org would be a very good browser to use to go
> to these sites. As Mozilla has a function to "disable"
> popup windows.

Who are you talking to?

--
(I may be wrong...I usually am....)
Google is your Friend
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam:
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

[gundam]

I thought I was talking to "rifleman", answering his
request to post part of the tread to which my previous
answer was referring to:

===========================================
Subject: Re: Popups
From: "rifleman" > Sent: 6/27/2003
9:33:25 AM

In ,
gundam > contemplated the little bit of
fluff in his
navel and typed:
> Depends on what type of pop-ups you are talking about.
>
> If its the Messenger Service ones that look like its from
> MSN, then a firewall like ZoneAlarm (free) will stop
them.
>
> If you are talking about pop-up advertising from websites
> when you are surfing, then you either need some Pop-up
> stoppers, etc... free ones are available, but I have
found
> they still don't stop everything.
>
> I suggest you try using another Internet Browser:
> Mozilla. It has a built in preference that DOES NOT
allow
> UNCLICKED windows to open. That has stopped every
site's
> pop-up advertising that I've been to.

Could you please quote at least some of the post you are
replying to, as it
keeps the thread intact.

Thank you.

--
(I may be wrong...I usually am....)
Google is your Friend
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam:
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk


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>-----Original Message-----
>In ,
>gundam > contemplated the little bit
of fluff in his
>navel and typed:
>> I was referring to the original poster's question.
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>> Subject: Popups
>> From: "John card" > Sent: 6/27/2003
>>
>> I have just acquired a new computer with Win XP (home
ed)
>> I keep getting pop up messages, some of them of an
>> extremely objectionable nature. How can I turn this
>> feature off? "
>> -------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Since he mentioned some pop ups are of "objectionable
>> nature", sounds like these popups are coming from
internet
>> surfing. Hence, perhaps he's referring to advertising.
>>
>> www.mozilla.org would be a very good browser to use to
go
>> to these sites. As Mozilla has a function to "disable"
>> popup windows.
>
>Who are you talking to?
>
>--
>(I may be wrong...I usually am....)
>Google is your Friend
>Email address deliberately false to avoid spam:
>www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
>
>
>
>.
>