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it takes an act of congress and 6 japanese c.e.o's to find
the appropriate place to post a bug problem with you
people. all i want to do is help microsoft be more
consumer friendly.
1. when i called microsoft support 3 times to report a
virus issue, each time time it took about 15 min on hold
to get a rep. the first rep was very helpful. he was
patient and positive assisting me with the downloads of
virus software. thank you for his help. but when i
called back for assistance regarding a very pesty virus
called bloodhound exploit 6 that will not go away, i was
rudly handled by 2 people which were very snobbish
know-it-all's, and short with me.

what i want to report:
companies that have pop up ads that skip around the fort
knox of pop up blockers and fire walls i have purchased
with my hard earned money. the worst ones are:
1.hydroderm. 2. nation wide financial. 3. orexis sexual
enhancers. (i need sexual enhancement like i need another
anus.) so please, please do somthing about these
persistant bastards who think people have nothing better
to do with their time than endulge themselves in annoying
advertising pop ups that everyone should know by now that
all these nerds are doing is invading our p,c.'s and
sucking information out of us all. please enlighten the
public to put a stop to these spamming bastards. thank
you. sincerely a representative of the masses that hope
microsoft cares about their customers enough to do
somthing besides rake in the monopolistic big bucks at all
of our expense.
 
80% of the mail I get from USPS are junk also. They go straight to the
trash or my recycling bin.
 
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| it takes an act of congress and 6 japanese c.e.o's to find
| the appropriate place to post a bug problem with you
| people. all i want to do is help microsoft be more
| consumer friendly.
| 1. when i called microsoft support 3 times to report a
| virus issue, each time time it took about 15 min on hold
| to get a rep. the first rep was very helpful. he was
| patient and positive assisting me with the downloads of
| virus software. thank you for his help. but when i
| called back for assistance regarding a very pesty virus
| called bloodhound exploit 6 that will not go away, i was
| rudly handled by 2 people which were very snobbish
| know-it-all's, and short with me.
|
| what i want to report:
| companies that have pop up ads that skip around the fort
| knox of pop up blockers and fire walls i have purchased
| with my hard earned money. the worst ones are:
| 1.hydroderm. 2. nation wide financial. 3. orexis sexual
| enhancers. (i need sexual enhancement like i need another
| anus.) so please, please do somthing about these
| persistant bastards who think people have nothing better
| to do with their time than endulge themselves in annoying
| advertising pop ups that everyone should know by now that
| all these nerds are doing is invading our p,c.'s and
| sucking information out of us all. please enlighten the
| public to put a stop to these spamming bastards. thank
| you. sincerely a representative of the masses that hope
| microsoft cares about their customers enough to do
| somthing besides rake in the monopolistic big bucks at all
| of our expense.
 
what i want to report: you have brought on your own problems. i don't run
av, spyware blocker, adware blocker, or other junk blocker, i don't keep up
on all the patches, but i do have a firewall and practice safe surfing. I
also have a webserver that is very active. And except for one short nimda
infection that got in when i accidently connected without the hardware
firewall running(i had to switch to a backup router and forgot to turn on
zonealarm... ooops) i have never had an infection, popup problem, hijacking,
or other malware. the best way to stop that stuff is to not catch it in the
first place! don't open email you don't expect, don't surf to random sites
that you don't know are legit, don't download anything from anyone that you
don't know is safe, etc, etc, etc!
 
h.j.k. said:
it takes an act of congress and 6 japanese c.e.o's to find
the appropriate place to post a bug problem with you
people. all i want to do is help microsoft be more
consumer friendly.
1. when i called microsoft support 3 times to report a
virus issue, each time time it took about 15 min on hold
to get a rep. the first rep was very helpful. he was
patient and positive assisting me with the downloads of
virus software. thank you for his help. but when i
called back for assistance regarding a very pesty virus
called bloodhound exploit 6 that will not go away, i was
rudly handled by 2 people which were very snobbish
know-it-all's, and short with me.

what i want to report:
companies that have pop up ads that skip around the fort
knox of pop up blockers and fire walls i have purchased
with my hard earned money. the worst ones are:
1.hydroderm. 2. nation wide financial. 3. orexis sexual
enhancers. (i need sexual enhancement like i need another
anus.) so please, please do somthing about these
persistant bastards who think people have nothing better
to do with their time than endulge themselves in annoying
advertising pop ups that everyone should know by now that
all these nerds are doing is invading our p,c.'s and
sucking information out of us all. please enlighten the
public to put a stop to these spamming bastards. thank
you. sincerely a representative of the masses that hope
microsoft cares about their customers enough to do
somthing besides rake in the monopolistic big bucks at all
of our expense.
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Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=827315

In addition, you are welcome to send suggestions for product enhancements
that you would like to see in future versions of Microsoft products to us
by submitting an MS Wish. To send a comment or suggestion via the Web, use
the following link.

Microsoft.Com Product Feedback:
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h.j.k. said:
it takes an act of congress and 6 japanese c.e.o's to find
the appropriate place to post a bug problem with you
people. all i want to do is help microsoft be more
consumer friendly.
1. when i called microsoft support 3 times to report a
virus issue, each time time it took about 15 min on hold
to get a rep. the first rep was very helpful. he was
patient and positive assisting me with the downloads of
virus software. thank you for his help. but when i
called back for assistance regarding a very pesty virus
called bloodhound exploit 6 that will not go away, i was
rudly handled by 2 people which were very snobbish
know-it-all's, and short with me.

what i want to report:
companies that have pop up ads that skip around the fort
knox of pop up blockers and fire walls i have purchased
with my hard earned money. the worst ones are:
1.hydroderm. 2. nation wide financial. 3. orexis sexual
enhancers. (i need sexual enhancement like i need another
anus.) so please, please do somthing about these
persistant bastards who think people have nothing better
to do with their time than endulge themselves in annoying
advertising pop ups that everyone should know by now that
all these nerds are doing is invading our p,c.'s and
sucking information out of us all. please enlighten the
public to put a stop to these spamming bastards. thank
you. sincerely a representative of the masses that hope
microsoft cares about their customers enough to do
somthing besides rake in the monopolistic big bucks at all
of our expense.
Click to expand...

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/bloodhound.exploit.6.html

http://virusall.com/downscan.html
 
Greetings --

There are at least three varieties of pop-ups, and the solutions
vary accordingly. Which specific type(s) is troubling you?

1) Does the title bar of these pop-ups read "Messenger Service?"

This type of spam has become quite common over the couple of
years, and unintentionally serves as a valid security "alert." It
demonstrates that you haven't been taking sufficient precautions while
connected to the Internet. Your data probably hasn't been compromised
by these specific advertisements, but if you're open to this exploit,
you may well be open to other threats, such as the Blaster Worm that
swept across the Internet last year and the currently active Sasser
Worm. Install and use a decent, properly configured firewall.
(Merely disabling the messenger service, as some people recommend,
only hides the symptom, and does little or nothing to truly secure
your machine.) And ignoring or just "putting up with" the security
gap represented by these messages is particularly foolish.

Messenger Service of Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;168893

Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement
Appears
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=330904

Stopping Advertisements with Messenger Service Titles
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communicate/stopspam.asp

Blocking Ads, Parasites, and Hijackers with a Hosts File
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Oh, and be especially wary of people who advise you to do nothing
more than disable the messenger service. Disabling the messenger
service, by itself, is a "head in the sand" approach to computer
security. The real problem is _not_ the messenger service pop-ups;
they're actually providing a useful, if annoying, service by acting as
a security alert. The true problem is the unsecured computer, and
you've been advised to merely turn off the warnings. How is this
helpful?

2) For regular Internet pop-ups, you might try the free 12Ghosts
Popup-killer from http://12ghosts.com/ghosts/popup.htm, Pop-Up Stopper
from http://www.panicware.com/, or the Google Toolbar from
http://toolbar.google.com/, which is what I use.

3) To deal with pop-ups caused by any sort of "adware" and/or
"spyware,"such as Gator, Comet Cursors, Xupiter, Bonzai Buddy, or
KaZaA, and their remnants, that you've deliberately (but without
understanding the consequences) installed, two products that are
quite effective (at finding and removing this type of scumware) are
Ad-Aware from www.lavasoft.de and SpyBot Search & Destroy from
www.safer-networking.org/. Both have free versions. It's even
possible to use SpyBot Search & Destroy to "immunize" your system
against most future intrusions. I use both and generally perform
manual scans every week or so to clean out cookies, etc.

Additionally, manual removal instructions for the most common
varieties of scumware are available here:

PC Hell Spyware and Adware Removal Help
http://www.pchell.com/support/spyware.shtml

More information and assistance is available at these sites:

Blocking Ads, Parasites, and Hijackers with a Hosts File
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

The Parasite Fight
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm


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