Ben
Tue Aug 26 15:35:37 CDT 2003
>-----Original Message-----
>In more detail -
>
>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. This is all too important
now, given the
>recent rash of RPC worms....
>
>For a standalone machine, see www.sygate.com for a free
personal firewall,
>or if using Windows XP, you can enable the built-in
internet connection
>firewall (ICF).
>
>See
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm for more info.
>
>
>Ben wrote:
>> re: popups "Messenger" Endads and byebyeads see
>> Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 330904
>>
>> Hope this helps
>> Ben
>
>
>I have Norton Security installed on my stand alone pc
have manually entered Endads & Byebye ads in options web
contents adblocking this seems to have solved the problem
so far. thanks for suggestions. ben
>