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Messenger Popup
After downloading a free shareware program to stop
internet popups (it did not work), I now get unending messenger popup ads,some of them porn but mostly advertising for me to go to site and pay for message pop up blocker. I have already stopped my windows messenger. could these be MSN messages? Where is this pop up program embedded in my computer or how can I stop. I do have Norton 2004 Anti virus, but no pop up blocker. I have tried to search for any program files called pop up and deleted a few but they still keep coming whether I am on internet or not. How can I find this program and KILL it. thanks for any info, Carl |
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Messenger Popup
For more information about the Messenger Service Spam and how to stop them
from your computer visit this link: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...e/stopspam.asp These windows are sent to your system using the Messenger service. You should either use a firewall to block your file/printer sharing ports (TCP/UDP ports 135, 137, 138, 139, and 445) from the Internet. First thing you'll want to do is to install or enable a firewall: http://support.microsoft.com/default...;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 spywa 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/ -- Gary Tsang Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User http://www.microsoft.com/mvp "Carl S" wrote in message ... After downloading a free shareware program to stop internet popups (it did not work), I now get unending messenger popup ads,some of them porn but mostly advertising for me to go to site and pay for message pop up blocker. I have already stopped my windows messenger. could these be MSN messages? Where is this pop up program embedded in my computer or how can I stop. I do have Norton 2004 Anti virus, but no pop up blocker. I have tried to search for any program files called pop up and deleted a few but they still keep coming whether I am on internet or not. How can I find this program and KILL it. thanks for any info, Carl |
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