vulgar popups

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carl muse

everyday i either get into internet or mailbox a vulgar
popup comes up. the only way i can remove is hit alt,
ctrl. del. buttons and end task. how do i stop this?

Thanks.
carl muse
 
Consider purchasing and installing a good
internet security package, such as:

Norton Internet Security 2003
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/nis/nis_pe/

Includes:
.. Norton AntiVirus - protects your PC from viruses
.. Norton Personal Firewall - defends against hackers
.. Norton Privacy Control - keeps your personal information private
.. Norton Intrusion Detection - detects and blocks online security breaches
.. Norton Spam Alert - filters unwanted e-mail
.. Norton Parental Control - keeps your children safe on the Internet from porn


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| everyday i either get into internet or mailbox a vulgar
| popup comes up. the only way i can remove is hit alt,
| ctrl. del. buttons and end task. how do i stop this?
|
| Thanks.
| carl muse
 
dude man, listen, you have to disable messenger in your:

control pannel, admin tools, services, messenger, under
general tab, stop service, and disable start up type.
click the log on tab, and click on the profile at the
bottem, and hit diaable. under recovery tab, make sure it
says take no action for all sub headings. that sould do it.

if they presist, =alt, ctrl, del, and look for anything
weird running uner task manerger, processes. things like
superduder.exe, or blingbling.exe, or adcaster.exe. write
down the name of the .exe, and do a search. (i will assume
you know how to do a windows search) once it comes up,
check out the info under properities. if it says somthing
like down loaded WITH somthing, or the source of the down
load is from an advertisement agency, just delete
everything assosiated with it.

***i am not responsible if you use this info to delete
your criticle system files, like explorer.exe, schhost.exe.
 
I installed Norton Internet Security and it took care of
all those pop-ups while on the internet.
 
"J Patel" said:
dude man, listen, you have to disable messenger in your: ...
***i am not responsible if you use this info to delete
your criticle system files, like explorer.exe, schhost.exe.
Click to expand...

Why would you tell anyone to do that? Disabling messenger is like sticking
your fingers in your ears because the guy next door is lobbing hand-grenades
over the fence. It doesn't solve the big problem.

In this case, the hand-grenades are malicious packets, and only some of them
are making a noise (displaying the Messenger Service windows). Others are
trying to exploit bugs in your system. You don't want to just hide the
windows, you want to ban the malicious packets from coming onto your
network. You do this with a firewall.

And the nice folks at Microsoft have already given you one. Here's how to
enable it:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communicate/stopspam.asp

I'd suggest that you leave Messenger Service running - that way, if the
firewall ever breaks, the resurgence of spam will let you know that the
firewall has snuffed it, and needs urgent attention.

Firewalls stop Messenger spam _and_ the Blaster worm. Killing the Messenger
Service - well, that doesn't even stop the spam, it just stops displaying it
to you.

Alun.
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[Please don't email posters, if a Usenet response is appropriate.]
 
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 particular "sales method" is strikingly similar to the
"protection" rackets offered to small businesses by organized
criminals. Yes, it's a scam; no reputable business would need to
resort to extortion. Particularly since they're trying to sell you a
type of protection that is already available to you free of charge.

This 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

Oh, and be especially wary of people who advise you to do nothing
more than disable the messenger service. Disabling the messenger
service 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 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?

Equivalent Scenario 1: Somewhere in a house, a small fire starts,
and sets off the smoke alarm. You, not immediately seeing any
fire/smoke, complain about the noise of the smoke detector, and are
advised to remove the smoke detector's battery and go back to sleep.

Equivalent Scenario 2: You over-exert your shoulder at work or
play, causing bursitis. After weeks of annoying and sometimes
excruciating pain whenever you try to reach over your head, you go to
a doctor and say, while demonstrating the motion, "Doc, it hurts when
I do this." The doctor, being as helpful as some of your respondents,
replies, "Well, don't do that."

I'm beginning to think that the people deliberately posting such
bad advice are hacker-wannabes who have no true interest in helping
you secure your system, but would rather give you a false sense of
security while ensuring that your computer is still open to
exploitation.

2) For regular Internet pop-ups, you might try the free 12Ghosts
Popup-killer from http://12ghosts.com/ghosts/popup.htm or Pop-Up
Stopper from http://www.panicware.com/. Myself, I use Norton Internet
Security, which, in addition to containing Norton Anti-Virus and
Personal Firewall, also blocks many of the pop-up adds on the
Internet.

3) For pop-ups caused by some sort of "adware" and/or "spyware,"
such as Gator, Comet Cursors, or Bonzai Buddy, that you've
deliberately installed, two products that are quite effective at
finding and removing scumware are Ad-Aware from www.lavasoft.de and
SpyBot Search and Destroy from http://security.kolla.de/. Both have
free evaluation versions.


Bruce Chambers

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Greetings --

Please stop posting potentially harmful advice. What are you, a
hacker-wannabe? Why else would you be deliberately posting bad
advice? Are you trying to give people a false sense of security by
having them turn off what are, in effect, valid security warnings,
while still leaving their PCs open to potential exploitation?

Disabling the messenger service 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 service by acting as a security alert. The
true problem is the unsecured computer, and you're only
advice, however well-intended, was to turn off the warnings. How is
this helpful?

Equivalent Scenario: You over-exert your shoulder at work or
play, causing bursitis. After weeks of annoying and sometimes
excruciating pain whenever you try to reach over your head, you go to
a doctor and say, while demonstrating the motion, "Doc, it hurts when
I do this." The doctor, being as helpful as you are, replies, "Well,
don't do that."

An essential component of securing a PC against outside attacks,
short of disconnecting it from the Internet, is to install and
*properly* configure a firewall.


Bruce Chambers

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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
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