Shoot The MSN Messenger

[ByTor]

http://grc.com/stm/ShootTheMessenger.htm

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

That's fine, unless you're doing it to protect yourself from popups, which
indicate a security hole....and the answer to that is, get a firewall.
Disabling messenger alone merely hides the symptom of what is a very major
problem....

 

[Brendon Rogers]

Steve Gibson producing more cr*p.

 

[Paul Adare]

microsoft.public.win2000.security news group, Brendon Rogers

Steve Gibson producing more cr*p.

And ByTor doesn't grok the difference between MSN messenger and the
Messenger service.

 

[ByTor]

(e-mail address removed), Lanwench [MVP
- Exchange] says...

That's fine, unless you're doing it to protect yourself from popups, which
indicate a security hole....and the answer to that is, get a firewall.
Disabling messenger alone merely hides the symptom of what is a very major
problem....

Just putting the link up for GP, people can do what ever they want with
it...................

 

[ByTor]

And ByTor doesn't grok the difference between MSN messenger and the
Messenger service.

Typo error, pardon me....................Just putting the link up for
GP, people can do what ever they want with it...................

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Sure, but it's a bit disengenuous - it makes people think they're fixing a
security hole, when really all they're doing is putting a bandaid on a
subdural hematoma. Most people who write in about messenger popups need to
be told they need firewalls, among other things.

(e-mail address removed), Lanwench
[MVP
- Exchange] says...

That's fine, unless you're doing it to protect yourself from popups,
which indicate a security hole....and the answer to that is, get a
firewall. Disabling messenger alone merely hides the symptom of what
is a very major problem....

Just putting the link up for GP, people can do what ever they want
with it...................