Lanwench
Sat Aug 16 12:12:17 CDT 2003
That's just a bandaid on a subdural hematoma, in my view. The real
underlying problem is that the ports are exposed to the Internet in the
first place.
My boilerplate reply:
You need a firewall. 'Messenger spam', is not in itself harmful,
but is symptomatic of a larger problem - your computer has ports open from
the Internet.
You can disable the Messenger service, but that is unwise as a solution as
you'll still have the underlying problem that caused you to get the messages
in the first place - consider the messages a useful warning that you have no
protection from the Internet. You need a firewall. 'Messenger spam', is not
in itself harmful, but is symptomatic of a larger problem - your computer
has ports open from the Internet.
For a standalone machine, see www.sygate.com for a free personal firewall,
or if running Windows XP, you can enable the built-in firewall.
See
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm for more info.
Jed Rose [MSFT] wrote:
> Should a pop up box appear on your screen with the
> words "Messenger Service" in the title bar such as the
> one below, chances are that you have Windows Messenger
> Services enabled.
>
> Windows XP Professional
> 1. Click Start » Settings » Control Panel
> 2. Click Administrative Tools
> 3. Double click Services
> 4. Scroll down and highlight "Messenger"
> 5. Right click the highlighted line and choose
> Properties
> 6. Click the STOP button
> 7. Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll
> bar
> 8. Click OK
>
> I hope this helps! Please let me know if it does.
>
> ------------
> Jed Rose
> Windows Product Management
> Microsoft Corporation
>
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