Messenger Service?

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Oeru Nekoi

Hi,

somebodys know, about this problem..?
when i using my computer on internet suddenly apears windows with offers
about trips and other thinks..

i looking about the problem and find what that problem are the Messenger
service what works only no XP and 2000 but i looking for the tool to
desactivate the service but i cann't found how can i desactivate?.

i have a WIN 2000 SP2. i know what i can update to SP4 but that takes me 4
hours....

Thanks.

Oeru Nekoi
 
You need a firewall. 'Messenger spam', is not in itself harmful, but is
symptomatic of a larger problem - your computer has ports open from the
Internet.

You can disable the Messenger service, but that is unwise as a solution as
you'll still have the underlying problem that caused you to get the messages
in the first place - consider the messages a useful warning that you have no
protection from the Internet. This is all too important now, given the
recent rash of RPC worms....

For a standalone machine, see www.sygate.com for a free personal firewall,
or if using Windows XP, you can enable the built-in internet connection
firewall (ICF).

See http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm for more info. Also,
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/nopopups.htm is a good resource - although
for browser popups, you might want to consider http://toolbar.google.com -
it works like a champ and is also handy for searching.
 
You can disable the Messenger service, but that is unwise as a solution
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It would be correct to say that disabling the Messenger Service would
be unwise as the sole solution for this case. However, disabling any
unneeded service (as often is the case for the Messenger Service), is
always a wise move in general for security. Particularly in the case
of the Messenger Service since it has serious vulnerability. It needs
to either be patched or disabled.
 
Kevin said:
It would be correct to say that disabling the Messenger Service would
be unwise as the sole solution for this case. However, disabling any
unneeded service (as often is the case for the Messenger Service), is
always a wise move in general for security. Particularly in the case
of the Messenger Service since it has serious vulnerability. It needs
to either be patched or disabled.
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sure - but install the firewall *first* :-)
 
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