pop-ups

As of three weeks ago began getting pop-ups from vendors
of anti-popup software. Boxes similar in appearance to
messenger boxes. These are the ONLY popups I receive
during off-line operation. Doesn't matter if I'm on-line
or not -- they just come regardless of what I'm doing.
Norton, SpybotS&D, adaware, normal maintenance have no
effect. Vendors claim they are coming in through hole in
MS Messenger. How to prevent/disable? Damned if I'll
buy preventative from the perpetrators.

YoKenny
Tue Aug 26 12:49:35 CDT 2003

frostycat wrote:
> As of three weeks ago began getting pop-ups from vendors
> of anti-popup software. Boxes similar in appearance to
> messenger boxes. These are the ONLY popups I receive
> during off-line operation. Doesn't matter if I'm on-line
> or not -- they just come regardless of what I'm doing.
> Norton, SpybotS&D, adaware, normal maintenance have no
> effect. Vendors claim they are coming in through hole in
> MS Messenger. How to prevent/disable? Damned if I'll
> buy preventative from the perpetrators.

Get a firewall like ZoneAlarm.
To help you as this topic has been answered many many times before.
http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#stop
http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#pop-ups

Ronnie
Tue Aug 26 13:09:14 CDT 2003

frostycat wrote:
> As of three weeks ago began getting pop-ups from vendors
> of anti-popup software. Boxes similar in appearance to
> messenger boxes. These are the ONLY popups I receive
> during off-line operation. Doesn't matter if I'm on-line
> or not -- they just come regardless of what I'm doing.
> Norton, SpybotS&D, adaware, normal maintenance have no
> effect. Vendors claim they are coming in through hole in
> MS Messenger. How to prevent/disable? Damned if I'll
> buy preventative from the perpetrators.


These are not coming in through MS Messenger which is an instant messaging
app. They are being placed in your system through a hole in the Messenger
Service (Netsend) module. This module is used by Network Administrators to
send alerts to the workstations on their network.

You can either enable the built-in XP firewall or disable the Messenger
Service entirely to prevent the intrusion.

--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

Please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.

mamabear
Tue Aug 26 16:56:29 CDT 2003

Here's some info on disabling Messenger Service.
http://www.lavahelp.com/articles/v6/03/05/0302.html
messenger service
(You may have to copy and paste in two steps to get the
address in the window)
>-----Original Message-----
>As of three weeks ago began getting pop-ups from vendors
>of anti-popup software. Boxes similar in appearance to
>messenger boxes. These are the ONLY popups I receive
>during off-line operation. Doesn't matter if I'm on-line
>or not -- they just come regardless of what I'm doing.
>Norton, SpybotS&D, adaware, normal maintenance have no
>effect. Vendors claim they are coming in through hole in
>MS Messenger. How to prevent/disable? Damned if I'll
>buy preventative from the perpetrators.
>
>.
>

frostycat
Wed Aug 27 12:03:16 CDT 2003


>-----Original Message-----
>frostycat wrote:
>> As of three weeks ago began getting pop-ups from
vendors
>> of anti-popup software. Boxes similar in appearance to
>> messenger boxes. These are the ONLY popups I receive
>> during off-line operation. Doesn't matter if I'm on-
line
>> or not -- they just come regardless of what I'm doing.
>> Norton, SpybotS&D, adaware, normal maintenance have no
>> effect. Vendors claim they are coming in through hole
in
>> MS Messenger. How to prevent/disable? Damned if I'll
>> buy preventative from the perpetrators.
>
>Get a firewall like ZoneAlarm.
>To help you as this topic has been answered many many
times before.
>http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#stop
>http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#pop-ups
>
>
>I have ZoneAlarm. Have always had ZoneAlarm. No effect
on these pop-ups. However, thanks for info sites. I
will check out.
>