annoying popups!

OK, I keep getting these annoying popups about "IP
leakes" and other such pop ups leading me to websites to
BUY there product to stop them. Well the longer I am
online (I use AOL) the more they come (about 1 every 20
min or so). I tracked it down to a program that resides
in microsoft folder "system32". The program
is "csrss.exe" but when I try to end the program it says
it is a "critical program and cannot be ended". Well if
this is a microsoft problem I dont want it, and if its
some sneaky ploy by adverisers (which I think it is) its
annoying as hell! Please help!
Please email any help: Zammzig@aol.com

thanx you!

Frank

Miha
Wed Jul 23 13:29:10 CDT 2003

Hi Frank,

Install personal firewall on your PC (you can use free one like ZoneAlarm).
This will stop pop-ups AND protect your PC from the internet...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communicate/stopspam.asp

To protect your PC also install Anti Virus and update your PC regularly
using www.windowsupdate.com ...

--
Mike
MCSA 2K, MCSE 2K, MCT, ...

"Frank" <Zammzig@aol.com> wrote in message
news:002901c35145$274432c0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> OK, I keep getting these annoying popups about "IP
> leakes" and other such pop ups leading me to websites to
> BUY there product to stop them. Well the longer I am
> online (I use AOL) the more they come (about 1 every 20
> min or so). I tracked it down to a program that resides
> in microsoft folder "system32". The program
> is "csrss.exe" but when I try to end the program it says
> it is a "critical program and cannot be ended". Well if
> this is a microsoft problem I dont want it, and if its
> some sneaky ploy by adverisers (which I think it is) its
> annoying as hell! Please help!
> Please email any help: Zammzig@aol.com
>
> thanx you!
>
> Frank

MVP
Wed Jul 23 16:56:47 CDT 2003

From www.mvps.org:
Blocking Unwanted Ads with a Hosts File
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm here out of frustration as well...please HELP! Will
>the solution that Miha recommends take care of the most
>annoying pop ups that come in as "Messenger Service" ads?
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>OK, I keep getting these annoying popups about "IP
>>leakes" and other such pop ups leading me to websites to
>>BUY there product to stop them. Well the longer I am
>>online (I use AOL) the more they come (about 1 every 20
>>min or so). I tracked it down to a program that resides
>>in microsoft folder "system32". The program
>>is "csrss.exe" but when I try to end the program it says
>>it is a "critical program and cannot be ended". Well if
>>this is a microsoft problem I dont want it, and if its
>>some sneaky ploy by adverisers (which I think it is) its
>>annoying as hell! Please help!
>>Please email any help: Zammzig@aol.com
>>
>>thanx you!
>>
>>Frank
>>.
>>
>.
>

Joe
Wed Jul 23 18:03:09 CDT 2003

There are two types of pop-up. Messenger (not MSN
Messenger)and Web pop-ups.
You can get a pop-up stopper if you want, or you can
disable the messenger service (Control Panel, Admin tools,
Services) to stop the Messenger pop-ups and in I.E. you
can disable Active & Java scripting (Tools, Internet
Options, Security Tab, Custom button, Under the Scripting
section select the Disable radio buttons for Active
scriping & Scripting of Java applets) to disable Web Pop-
Ups.


>-----Original Message-----
>OK, I keep getting these annoying popups about "IP
>leakes" and other such pop ups leading me to websites to
>BUY there product to stop them. Well the longer I am
>online (I use AOL) the more they come (about 1 every 20
>min or so). I tracked it down to a program that resides
>in microsoft folder "system32". The program
>is "csrss.exe" but when I try to end the program it says
>it is a "critical program and cannot be ended". Well if
>this is a microsoft problem I dont want it, and if its
>some sneaky ploy by adverisers (which I think it is) its
>annoying as hell! Please help!
>Please email any help: Zammzig@aol.com
>
>thanx you!
>
>Frank
>.
>

nikki101
Sun Jul 27 02:39:53 CDT 2003

i found a good popup stopper at http://popup.yoll.net

"Frank" <Zammzig@aol.com> wrote in message news:<002901c35145$274432c0$a401280a@phx.gbl>...
> OK, I keep getting these annoying popups about "IP
> leakes" and other such pop ups leading me to websites to
> BUY there product to stop them. Well the longer I am
> online (I use AOL) the more they come (about 1 every 20
> min or so). I tracked it down to a program that resides
> in microsoft folder "system32". The program
> is "csrss.exe" but when I try to end the program it says
> it is a "critical program and cannot be ended". Well if
> this is a microsoft problem I dont want it, and if its
> some sneaky ploy by adverisers (which I think it is) its
> annoying as hell! Please help!
> Please email any help: Zammzig@aol.com
>
> thanx you!
>
> Frank

Miha
Sun Jul 27 05:45:28 CDT 2003

Does it also prevent attacks on e.g. RPC service like firewalls do?

--
Mike
MCSA 2K, MCSE 2K, MCT, ...

"Nikki Jones" <nikki101@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:57ef4a85.0307262339.40f13fc7@posting.google.com...
> i found a good popup stopper at http://popup.yoll.net
>
> "Frank" <Zammzig@aol.com> wrote in message
news:<002901c35145$274432c0$a401280a@phx.gbl>...
> > OK, I keep getting these annoying popups about "IP
> > leakes" and other such pop ups leading me to websites to
> > BUY there product to stop them. Well the longer I am
> > online (I use AOL) the more they come (about 1 every 20
> > min or so). I tracked it down to a program that resides
> > in microsoft folder "system32". The program
> > is "csrss.exe" but when I try to end the program it says
> > it is a "critical program and cannot be ended". Well if
> > this is a microsoft problem I dont want it, and if its
> > some sneaky ploy by adverisers (which I think it is) its
> > annoying as hell! Please help!
> > Please email any help: Zammzig@aol.com
> >
> > thanx you!
> >
> > Frank