Shoot The MSN Messenger

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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....
 
microsoft.public.win2000.security news group, Brendon Rogers
Steve Gibson producing more cr*p.
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And ByTor doesn't grok the difference between MSN messenger and the
Messenger service.
 
(e-mail address removed), Lanwench [MVP
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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....
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Just putting the link up for GP, people can do what ever they want with
it...................
 
And ByTor doesn't grok the difference between MSN messenger and the
Messenger service.
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Typo error, pardon me....................Just putting the link up for
GP, people can do what ever they want with it...................
 
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....
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Just putting the link up for GP, people can do what ever they want
with it...................
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