Re: Messenger Spam at start up
From: PCyr. (johndoe532004AThotmailDOTcom)
Date: 08/13/04
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Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 16:28:39 -0400
Bruce, just a friendly reminder that your post is out-of-date.
The messenger spam has been going on for at least a year now, and Blaster
was not recent.
-- Paul Cyr ----- The Debate Continues... www.xvsxp.com Protect Yourself and Others in 6 Simple Steps... http://davechalkconnected.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=1802 ----- "Bruce Chambers" <bruce_a_chambers@h0tmail.com> wrote in message news:eoYBYwnfEHA.140@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... > 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 type of spam has become quite common over the past several > 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, such as the Blaster Worm that > recently swept cross the Internet. Install and use a decent, > properly configured firewall. (Merely disabling the messenger > service, as some people recommend, only hides the symptom, and does > little or nothing to truly secure your machine.) And ignoring or just > "putting up with" the security gap represented by these messages 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, by itself, 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, if annoying, 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? > > 2) For regular Internet pop-ups, you might try the free 12Ghosts > Popup-killer from http://12ghosts.com/ghosts/popup.htm, Pop-Up Stopper > from http://www.panicware.com/, or the Google Toolbar from > http://toolbar.google.com/, which is what I use. > > 3) To deal with pop-ups caused by any sort of "adware" and/or > "spyware,"such as Gator, Comet Cursors, Xupiter, Bonzai Buddy, or > KaZaA, and their remnants, that you've deliberately (but without > understanding the consequences) installed, two products that are > quite effective (at finding and removing this type of scumware) are > Ad-Aware from www.lavasoft.de and SpyBot Search & Destroy from > www.safer-networking.org/. Both have free versions. It's even > possible to use SpyBot Search & Destroy to "immunize" your system > against most future intrusions. I use both and generally perform > manual scans every week or so to clean out cookies, etc. > > > Bruce Chambers > -- > Help us help you: > http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on > having both at once. - RAH > > > "Auxteur" <Auxteur@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:952F106B-7951-4302-98AF-7C8E1856A1B2@microsoft.com... >> I understand messenger spam can be disabled through control panel > etc. >> >> I continue to get the annoying pop ups every time I restart Windows > XP Pro >> and the desk top is finishing up loading. They continue to appear. >> >> The title bar displays a message including the name of a former > cable >> provider I used. (Now I have DSL.) >> >> And now a new pop up has joined in and appears offering me to > download >> CPURocket software. It has a different title bar with no ISP > mentioned. >> >> Any suggestions how to stop that one? > >
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