Messenger Service ads and open ports

[Victor]

I'm using Norton's internet security which has internet
protection as well as a firewall, but it does nothing to
stop those pop-ups adds. I recently learned about the
following:

Start menu, control panel, administrative tools, Services,
right click messenger & select stop then [XP right click
messenger, Properties] or [2000 Pro, click stop] then
change start-up to Disable

and it works, but this only stops the symptoms of open
ports.
My question is why isn't my Norton firewall securing these
open ports on my computer? Hope somone can help.

[Jupiter Jones]

Victor;
Configure the firewall to close the ports:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q330904&
"The Messenger service uses UDP ports 135, 137, and 138; TCP ports
135, 139, and 445; and an ephemeral (that is, short-lived) port number
greater than 1024."

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Jupiter Jones
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"Victor" > wrote in message
...
> I'm using Norton's internet security which has internet
> protection as well as a firewall, but it does nothing to
> stop those pop-ups adds. I recently learned about the
> following:
>
> Start menu, control panel, administrative tools, Services,
> right click messenger & select stop then [XP right click
> messenger, Properties] or [2000 Pro, click stop] then
> change start-up to Disable
>
> and it works, but this only stops the symptoms of open
> ports.
> My question is why isn't my Norton firewall securing these
> open ports on my computer? Hope somone can help.
>