popups that are pains

can anyone offer a solution to stop the annoying grey box
popups that you have to click on forever to get rid of?
they say to gop to their site and unsubscribe, yet when I
do this I get page not available.
I could buy their stop the popups software hpwever, that
would just make them successful.
does anyone want to file a class action against these
idiots?
i.e. endads.com,stopmessenger.com...

please email an answer to
twogood2b4u2@yahoo.com and post your reply at the
mocrosoft.public.security Newsgroup

thanks,

larry

let's get these guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YK
Wed Aug 06 19:11:46 CDT 2003

larry wrote:
> can anyone offer a solution to stop the annoying grey box
> popups that you have to click on forever to get rid of?
> they say to gop to their site and unsubscribe, yet when I
> do this I get page not available.
> I could buy their stop the popups software hpwever, that
> would just make them successful.
> does anyone want to file a class action against these
> idiots?
> i.e. endads.com,stopmessenger.com...

Waste of time. They are just scum and will scurry away under a rock and
pop up (pun intended) somewhere else.

As this has been answered many many times before but I guess worth
repeating:

Get a firewall such as ZoneAlarm or Kerio. You need to isolate your
system from the Internet.

By the way have you not read the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) that was
posted this morning?
It had this answer in there:
http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#pop-ups

> please email an answer to
> twogood2b4u2@yahoo.com and post your reply at the
> mocrosoft.public.security Newsgroup
>
> thanks,
>
> larry
>
> let's get these guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How do you know they are guys?

GregD
Wed Aug 06 22:19:34 CDT 2003

Go to services and turn off Windows Messenger, disable
it. That will stop the messages. Got this off google and
it works.

|{evin
Wed Aug 06 22:41:20 CDT 2003

On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 20:19:34 -0700, "GregD" <greg_23805@msn.com> wrote:

>Go to services and turn off Windows Messenger, disable
>it. That will stop the messages. Got this off google and
>it works.
>
>

No, it hides the _symptom_. The problem still exists. The problem is
that your machine is still 100% exposed naked to the internet. Get a
firewall installed and leave the poor messenger service alone.

M
Thu Aug 07 09:59:51 CDT 2003

I am having the same problem. I agree with you. I agree
that paying them allows them to get away with virtual
blackmail. Have you received a solution that you could
share?

Mike
>-----Original Message-----
>can anyone offer a solution to stop the annoying grey box
>popups that you have to click on forever to get rid of?
>they say to gop to their site and unsubscribe, yet when I
>do this I get page not available.
>I could buy their stop the popups software hpwever, that
>would just make them successful.
>does anyone want to file a class action against these
>idiots?
>i.e. endads.com,stopmessenger.com...
>
>please email an answer to
>twogood2b4u2@yahoo.com and post your reply at the
>mocrosoft.public.security Newsgroup
>
>thanks,
>
>larry
>
>let's get these guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>.
>