ALERTS

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Anyone being over run with email "Alerts and MS Microsoft offering patches
for security?" Norton has stopped the virus thing, but I'm getting 15 - 20
of these things a day. Help
 
just connected my new dell pc to the internet for the
first time today. i am getting these annoying pop-ups as
well. if anyone hears anything...PLEASE let me know. I
did notice by doing a ctrl-alt-del when the pop-up
occurs, that the process in the process viewer window
that corresponds to these pop-ups is
entitled "csrss.exe". what to do from here i am not
sure, as i would hate to delete that application if it is
also used by other system dependent sources.

thanks for any help!
 
just connected my new dell pc to the internet for the
first time today. i am getting these annoying pop-ups as
well. if anyone hears anything...PLEASE let me know. I
did notice by doing a ctrl-alt-del when the pop-up
occurs, that the process in the process viewer window
that corresponds to these pop-ups is
entitled "csrss.exe". what to do from here i am not
sure, as i would hate to delete that application if it is
also used by other system dependent sources.

thanks for any help!
 
Answers below, have fun.

Alex

1. POP UP ADVERTS

Do these "pop-ups" that are appearing have "Messenger Service" in their
titlebar? If so, what you're seeing is the Messenger service built-in to
Windows, *not* Windows Messenger (which are two different things) which
spammers are exploiting -- this is not Microsoft, nor can Microsoft control
them anymore then they can control spam to your e-mail inbox.

To get rid of these pop ups, you'll need to disable the "Messenger
Service", click Start, then Run, enter "services.msc"and click OK. Scroll
down to "Messenger", select it, right-click and then choose Properties.
Under startup type, choose 'Disabled' and then choose the 'Stop' button.
After the service is stopped, click OK. Nothing in Windows or any real
third-party applications should be effected by this.

Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger

____________________________________________

2. POP UP ADVERTS (part 2)
For Messenger Service ads:
You need to install or enable a firewall:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q330904

Disabling Messenger Service can be a good idea, but it does not solve the
real problem.

The ads are not the real problem, the ads are only a symptom of a larger
issue. The real problem is open ports that allow unwanted traffic into the
computer.

Disabling Messenger does nothing for the open ports. You would need a
firewall that controls the traffic.

The above solution will not work if you have AOL as is not compatible with
Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall (ICF). If you have AOL, you should
contact AOL and/or get a 3rd party firewall.

Disable Messenger Service:
Start/Control Panel, click Administrative Tools, click Services.
Go down to "Messenger".
Right click "Messenger" and select Properties.
Hit the Stop Button under Service Status section
Then under Start-up select DISABLE
Click OK and follow prompts

Check this link:
http://www.aumha.org/a/noads.php
Run Ad-Aware (free version) or Spybot to check for spyware:
http://www.lavasoft.de/
Or
http://spybot.eon.net.au/

For internet pop-ups, try one of these:
http://www.panicware.com/
http://www.bysoft.se/sureshot/stopthepop/index.html
http://www.popupbuster.com/PopUpBuster/
http://www.kolumbus.fi/eero.muhonen/FS/
http://www.endpopups.com/
http://www.adshield.org/
 
THANKS FOR THE TIP ALEX!! I knew this wasn't a windows
messenger related problem. The process enabling these is
called "csrss.exe". More about this can be found here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;263201

I think XP is vulnerable to quite a few security breaches
as I've read...and experienced. I haven't had these
types of problems with other Microsoft Op. Systems. I'm
even using XP Pro which is supposedly more secure than
the home version. XP is a drastically different op.
system then it's predecessors though...probably wasn't
tested as thoroughly as it need to be in the rush to get
it out to market.

Although "Messenger Service" and "Windows Messenger" are
two different things, one thing I can't see any point too
is the reasoning behind Microsoft's decision to
incorporate Windows Messenger into XP. All it does is
create unwanted glitches when I use MSN Messenger. And
the worst part is I still am not sure if it can be
uninstalled without affecting the operating system, as I
hear it is tied into the core of it. There are some
disabling/removal instructions I've found (links shown
below), but I am weary to try them until I hear more
feedback from other users that this indeed is ok or not
ok. Has anyone heard anything on this??

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_messenger.htm
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/allsteps.aspx?ID=7

Thanks a lot!

Jeff
 
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