POP-UPS

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Melissia Young

BEING A NEW USER WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH POP-UPS
CONSTANTLY, AN AVERAGE OF 50 IN ONE EVENEING. WE HAVE A
CABLE MODEM AND IS THERE ANY WAY TO CHANGE THE SETTINGS
ON THIS COMPUTER TO STOP THE POP-UPS.

THANK YOU
MELISSIA YOUNG
 
Brandon said:
You should try the program ad-ware, it will stop a lot of
pop-ups

Err, no, it doesn't - Adaware removes spyware, it doesn't stop pop-ups of
any kind. No conventional 'pop-up killer' stops messenger service
advertising. She needs to either turn on the ICF or, and instead of if she
has AOL, needs to install a 3rd-party commercial firewall.



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Greetings --

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

This a type of spam has become quite common over the past few
months, 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. Install and use a decent,
properly configured firewall. (Disabling the messenger service, as
some people recommend, only hides the symptom, and does nothing to
secure your machine.) And ignoring or just "putting up with" these
messages and the problem they represent 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

Also, please unstick your CapsLock key. Posting in all caps, as
you have done, is the Usenet equivalent of shouting, and is considered
very rude by many people. More importantly, posting in all caps makes
the post very hard to read, reducing your chances of getting help.


Bruce Chambers

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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
 
Ted, Brandon:
Ad Aware Pro has Ad Watch in it, and if one goes to the "tweaks" section/
Ad-watch they will find a setting to block the regular "pop-ups" she may be
having a problem with. She can also do a Google search for pop-up blockers
and fine some nice free versions.

"Ted" <"""""""""""""""> wrote in message
Bwahahahahahahahaha!
 
A free pop up stopper is 'Pop-Up Stopper' by www.panicware.com.
It works very well for me.

Ches


Jitterbug wrote:
:: Ted, Brandon:
:: Ad Aware Pro has Ad Watch in it, and if one goes to the "tweaks"
:: section/ Ad-watch they will find a setting to block the regular
:: "pop-ups" she may be having a problem with. She can also do a Google
:: search for pop-up blockers and fine some nice free versions.
::
:: "Ted" <"""""""""""""""> wrote in message
:: :: Bwahahahahahahahaha!
::
:: ::: You should try the program ad-ware, it will stop a lot of
::: pop-ups
::
:::: -----Original Message-----
:::: BEING A NEW USER WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH POP-UPS
:::: CONSTANTLY, AN AVERAGE OF 50 IN ONE EVENEING. WE HAVE A
:::: CABLE MODEM AND IS THERE ANY WAY TO CHANGE THE SETTINGS
:::: ON THIS COMPUTER TO STOP THE POP-UPS.
::::
:::: THANK YOU
:::: MELISSIA YOUNG
:::: .
 
Further to the previous message, the full address is:
http://www.panicware.com/popupstoppercompare.html

This page compares all versions and allows download of the version of
choice.

Ches

Ches wrote:
:: A free pop up stopper is 'Pop-Up Stopper' by www.panicware.com.
:: It works very well for me.
::
:: Ches
::
::
:: Jitterbug wrote:
:::: Ted, Brandon:
:::: Ad Aware Pro has Ad Watch in it, and if one goes to the "tweaks"
:::: section/ Ad-watch they will find a setting to block the regular
:::: "pop-ups" she may be having a problem with. She can also do a
:::: Google search for pop-up blockers and fine some nice free versions.
::::
:::: "Ted" <"""""""""""""""> wrote in message
:::: :::: Bwahahahahahahahaha!
::::
:::: ::::: You should try the program ad-ware, it will stop a lot of
::::: pop-ups
::::
:::::: -----Original Message-----
:::::: BEING A NEW USER WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH POP-UPS
:::::: CONSTANTLY, AN AVERAGE OF 50 IN ONE EVENEING. WE HAVE A
:::::: CABLE MODEM AND IS THERE ANY WAY TO CHANGE THE SETTINGS
:::::: ON THIS COMPUTER TO STOP THE POP-UPS.
::::::
:::::: THANK YOU
:::::: MELISSIA YOUNG
:::::: .
 
*Editied for content ;)*
Dear Card Carrying Bitch,
I don't understand why you post. Too often you are rude
and not helpful at all

Here's what I mean:
-Lines marked with an * are part of the original post.
-My comments are in brackets

*felix figueroa wrote:
*> I was just wondering what the blue hilighted text meant
*> when im looking in my folders...recently modified?
*
*
*It means that, in the time it took you to compose this
post you could have
*searched the group and found your answer.

(WTF is your problem, if he wants to post, then that's
his choice. I WOULD agree with you, if I had seen this
question repeadily posted)


*William wrote:
*> You probably registered your copy but did not activate,
*> it is two different things, maybe you should just give
it
*> a try and activate or activate again, otherwise contact
*> microsoft.
*
*Err, no. If she had merely registered, but not
activated, then she would not
*receive an "already activated" message. She is not
seeing the activation
*box, so how can she activate. Do you actually read
questions before
*responding, or do you just post the first thing that
pops into your head?

(Talk about being b***hy)


*Rat Garton wrote:
*> when I go on line no matter ware after I have finished
and wish to
*> close down I can not I have use windows task manager
and that
*> struggles to close it down any I deas to solve this
prob I am a
*> complete novice so if you can help please try to keep
it simple ty
*
*
*Please come back after you have attended those remedial
English classes
*especially the ones dealing with sentence construction
and punctuation. I am
*not even going to bother to decipher that until you
insert some proper
*punctuation.

(You may have a point, but if you're not going to answer
his question, then don't post. Let the people who will
spend the 5 seconds to try to understand what he's saying
help him)


*Linda wrote:
*> have upgraded msn messenger and cant get it to work,
nor
*> my old version. Also my system restore will not work
in
*> XP. Any advice?
*
*Please read http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm and learn
how to submit a good
*post. When you have read it, follow the advice and post
back.

(Once again, if you're not going to answer her question,
then don't post. Let the people who will spend the 5
seconds to try to understand what she's saying help her)


*Bruce Chambers wrote:
*> Greetings --
*>
*> Sure. Rename or delete the C:\Boot.ini file, and
the PC will have
*> problems booting. This is what you want to happen, or
else you
*> wouldn't have asked, right?
*>
*> Bruce Chambers
*>
*> Help us help you:
*>
*>
*> ----
*> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't
ever count on
*> having both at once. -- RAH
*
*I guess I should stop being surprised at how stupid some
people can be, eh?
*;o)

(Oh you can both go f**k yourselfs. The man was confused
about what this file was. Last time i checked, these
groups were for people with questions about a Microsoft
product or service)


*Rajesh K m wrote:
*> Hi,
*> Kindly feed me with answers for the following
questions.
*>
*> How many monitors can you connect to Windows XP Home
*> Edition at a time?
*>
*> What function of Windows XP Home Edition helps serve
*> broadband connection to be shared over the internet?
*>
*> What feature of Windows XP Home Edition help share
*> Internet connection over two or more PC?
*>
*> What is an analog USB audio/video capture device
called in
*> Windows XP Home Edition?
*>
*> Which feature in Windows XP Home Edition greatly
improves
*> the reliability of the system?
*>
*> Please reply me as soon as possible at
*> (e-mail address removed)
*> Thanks
*
*
*These groups are for people with real problems, not lazy
pubescents wanting
*someone to do their IT homework for them. Do the
research yourself you lazy
*cretin!

(As you like to say, 'err no', these groups are for
people with any questions about a Microsoft product or
service, regardless of severity. Maybe if YOU weren't so
lazy, you would help him.)



THE FOLLOWING ONE WAS BY FAR THE RUDEST:

*Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote:
*> Greetings Alan,
*>
*> Instead of choosing just Stop, in that window,
select "Messenger",
*> right-click and then choose Properties. Under startup
type, choose
*> 'Disabled' and then choose the 'Stop' button. After
the service is
*stopped,
*> click OK.
*>
*> After this, you won't need to stop it at every reboot.
*> ____________________________________________
*> Jonathan Kay
*> Windows MVP, Messenger
*> Associate Expert
*> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
*> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
*>
*> *>> To stop the new brand of pop ups,such as those from
end
*>> ads.com. Go to control panel, open admin tools , then
*>> click on services- scroll down thru the list to
*>> messenger ,right click and select-STOP.This disables
the
*>> service,-not sure if u have to do this everytime u
boot
*>> up. Don t seem to be any adverse side effects but if u
*>> have trouble with any other services try re enabling
*>> messenger.Good luck!!
*
*Still peddling the same old tripe I see. You can't teach
kids anything these
*days.

(Hey b***h, at least he helps many people, and POLITELY)


AND BELIEVE ME, THERE WERE MANY MORE!

So join hands and call out, "Get the d**do out of your
a** Cass"

And i will continue to post these messages untill you publicly apologize to
the people you have offended.
 
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