closing a port that is open

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peter p.

Can anyone help me,How to close a port in Windows2000 pro.
I keep getting pop-up banners saying that one of my ports
is open and my IP address is being sent out over the net.
Is there a way to close the port or stop the Messerage
Service that is in Windows?
peter
 
Can anyone help me,How to close a port in Windows2000 pro.
I keep getting pop-up banners saying that one of my ports
is open and my IP address is being sent out over the net.
Is there a way to close the port or stop the Messerage
Service that is in Windows?
peter
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Your IP is always being sent all over the Internet, if it wasn't,
remote computers wouldn't know how to send you web pages, e-mails etc.
What kind of pop-ups are they? Are they full of graphics or are they
just a rectangular gray dialog box?

The gray box pop-ups are probably "Messenger spams". You can stop
these by firewalling UDP port 135.
Another solution would be to disable Messenger if you don't use it:
Start | Programs | Admin Tools | Services | Right click "Messenger"
--> Properties --> "Stop" Then select "Disable"

You can stop browser popups by disabling Java Script and or ActiveX
from within your browser.

Bex
 
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