Which ports are used for POPUPS?

[George K]

What rule should i make to Norton Personal Firewall so that it stops the
annoying popups? Is it UDP or TCP? Which ports? Please don't give me the
link to microsofts site. i think i did what it said but i still get them.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings George,

Blocking ports 135 through 139 TCP should stop them (you may also need to block 445).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"George K" > wrote in message ...
> What rule should i make to Norton Personal Firewall so that it stops the
> annoying popups? Is it UDP or TCP? Which ports? Please don't give me the
> link to microsofts site. i think i did what it said but i still get them.
>
>

[George K]

Thanks for your reply.
I've blocked incoming communication in these ports including 445 for both
TCP and UDP but i still get this popup from this one same company. I never
received any other popups. Only from them. And this doesn't stop them. They
are messages from www.destroyads.com. i get 2-4 per hour and it's extremely
annoying. Is there any chance they 're sending them through port 80? My
firewall did alert for incoming communication on 445 and i chose to block
it, but after a while i still got it. Not sure what's happening!



"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings George,
>
> Blocking ports 135 through 139 TCP should stop them (you may also need to
block 445).
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
> "George K" > wrote in message
...
> > What rule should i make to Norton Personal Firewall so that it stops the
> > annoying popups? Is it UDP or TCP? Which ports? Please don't give me the
> > link to microsofts site. i think i did what it said but i still get
them.
> >
> >
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi George,

No, there's no way they're coming through 80.

Is there a reason why you can't just turn off the service entirely? To do so, click Start,
then Run, enter "services.msc"and click OK. Scroll down to "Messenger", select it,
right-click and then choose Properties. Under startup type, choose 'Disabled' and then
choose the 'Stop' button. After the service is stopped, click OK. Nothing in Windows or any
real third-party applications should be effected by this.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"George K" > wrote in message ...
> Thanks for your reply.
> I've blocked incoming communication in these ports including 445 for both
> TCP and UDP but i still get this popup from this one same company. I never
> received any other popups. Only from them. And this doesn't stop them. They
> are messages from www.destroyads.com. i get 2-4 per hour and it's extremely
> annoying. Is there any chance they 're sending them through port 80? My
> firewall did alert for incoming communication on 445 and i chose to block
> it, but after a while i still got it. Not sure what's happening!
>
>
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Greetings George,
> >
> > Blocking ports 135 through 139 TCP should stop them (you may also need to
> block 445).
> > ____________________________________________
> > Jonathan Kay
> > Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> > Associate Expert
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> > Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >
> > "George K" > wrote in message
> ...
> > > What rule should i make to Norton Personal Firewall so that it stops the
> > > annoying popups? Is it UDP or TCP? Which ports? Please don't give me the
> > > link to microsofts site. i think i did what it said but i still get
> them.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[George K]

Hello again.
Turning off the service does not solve the real problem. I'd prefer to stop
them from coming instead of stop displaying them. I just realised that these
messages i receive are not msn messenger messages. They have to be "net
send" messages because of their format - I m pretty sure. Any idea how to
filter those with the firewall?
Thank you.
George


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> Hi George,
>
> No, there's no way they're coming through 80.
>
> Is there a reason why you can't just turn off the service entirely? To do
so, click Start,
> then Run, enter "services.msc"and click OK. Scroll down to "Messenger",
select it,
> right-click and then choose Properties. Under startup type, choose
'Disabled' and then
> choose the 'Stop' button. After the service is stopped, click OK. Nothing
in Windows or any
> real third-party applications should be effected by this.
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
> "George K" > wrote in message
...
> > Thanks for your reply.
> > I've blocked incoming communication in these ports including 445 for
both
> > TCP and UDP but i still get this popup from this one same company. I
never
> > received any other popups. Only from them. And this doesn't stop them.
They
> > are messages from www.destroyads.com. i get 2-4 per hour and it's
extremely
> > annoying. Is there any chance they 're sending them through port 80? My
> > firewall did alert for incoming communication on 445 and i chose to
block
> > it, but after a while i still got it. Not sure what's happening!
> >
> >
> >
> > "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Greetings George,
> > >
> > > Blocking ports 135 through 139 TCP should stop them (you may also need
to
> > block 445).
> > > ____________________________________________
> > > Jonathan Kay
> > > Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> > > Associate Expert
> > > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> > > Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> > >
> > > "George K" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > > What rule should i make to Norton Personal Firewall so that it stops
the
> > > > annoying popups? Is it UDP or TCP? Which ports? Please don't give me
the
> > > > link to microsofts site. i think i did what it said but i still get
> > them.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Gunner]

George, I'm having the same problem with these lousy pop-ups and it started
recently and is happening often. I totally agree with your statement "I'd
prefer to stop them from coming instead of stop displaying them" as the fix
suggested only hides the problem. Surely there is some way to stop this
junk.

I posted a similar question to the McAfee Forum. There were a few
suggestions from that group... clear cookies, run spyware software, check
for Trojans, etc., etc. I did all that and it appears I'm clean. But,
these things keep popping up! Like you, I want to STOP them, not hide them.

It'll be interesting to see if someone can give us the answer... Good Luck.

--

=======================
Best regards... Gunner
=======================
"George K" > wrote in message
...
> Hello again.
> Turning off the service does not solve the real problem. I'd prefer to
stop
> them from coming instead of stop displaying them. I just realised that
these
> messages i receive are not msn messenger messages. They have to be "net
> send" messages because of their format - I m pretty sure. Any idea how to
> filter those with the firewall?
> Thank you.
> George
>
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi George,
> >
> > No, there's no way they're coming through 80.
> >
> > Is there a reason why you can't just turn off the service entirely? To
do
> so, click Start,
> > then Run, enter "services.msc"and click OK. Scroll down to "Messenger",
> select it,
> > right-click and then choose Properties. Under startup type, choose
> 'Disabled' and then
> > choose the 'Stop' button. After the service is stopped, click OK.
Nothing
> in Windows or any
> > real third-party applications should be effected by this.
> > ____________________________________________
> > Jonathan Kay
> > Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> > Associate Expert
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> > Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com