Shenan
Sun Jul 20 21:39:06 CDT 2003
Ken <> wrote:
> I had no pop ups at all until I accepted the updates by
> Microsoft. How is it possible that the updates provided
> by Mighty Mike allowed this to happen? And these updates
> were security related. Is no one alive there? I find it
> hard to believe that there was any other stimulus for the
> pop-ups. It was immediately after the install procedure.
> Some security!
Security is the same as with your car, your home, yourself - it's up to you
to provide it - it is up to the manufacturer of said products to make sure
that any MAJOR problems are fixed. The tools to fix your problem have been
on your Windows XP system since you installed it - Firewall.
You need to enable either your built in firewall or install and configure a
third party firewall. (the only people I KNOW cannot do the built in
firewall are you poor AOL users. AOL, in their genius, has futzed up some
works and the built in software doesn't work with AOL, you WILL have to get
a third party application and learn to use it - sorry - it's the price you
pay for going AOL, I guess. heh)
Advice on Popups and their elimination:
http://www.fracas.net/newsgroups/generaladvice.html#popups
or
http://tinyurl.com/el9s
Advice on Firewalls:
http://www.fracas.net/newsgroups/generaladvice.html#firewalls
or
http://tinyurl.com/el9u
You may want to look over the whole page.
More Information:
Here's what "Mike Nash" - a Microsoft representative - had to say when
asked the question you are askig now. This was OVER a month ago, and in
March 2003, the same question was asked of another couple of Microsoft
Employees, whose answer was (at the time) to disable the messenger service.
(Keith Combs and Kai Axford) Eek. Well, you really need the firewall too.
Both articles can be found at:
http://tinyurl.com/hftn
and
http://tinyurl.com/hftq
(Shortened for convenience, they are Microsoft Sites..)
Host: Mike Nash (Microsoft)
Q: I have windows XP and I have been having those stupid messenger popups. I
have gone to the sites and they say that Microsoft is the one putting it
out. I don't believe it and would like to know if it is true. If it is how
can i get rid of it?
A: First, Microsoft is not the source of the Messenger spam that youre
talking about. Second, the quickest and easiest way to get rid of unwanted
Messenger popups with Windows XP is to enable Internet Connection Firewall
(ICF). There are more details, as well as instructions for getting rid of
pop in all types of deployment scenarios in Knowledge Base article 330904
(
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;330904). Directions
to enable ICF are located in Knowledge Base article 283673
(
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;283673).
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Shenan Stanley
"Just trying to help"
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http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
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