Re: pop ups

From: Kaylene aka Taurarian (taurarianREMOVECAPS_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 19:42:23 +1000

Windows Messenger - stopping spam and pop ups
The issue is that currently ANYONE can actually send you a message through the
.NET Messenger network without being on YOUR contact list!
You can change this so that people will have to add you to their contact lists
before they can send you a message (which will have the effect of blocking these
Spam messages in the future).
Open up the main Messenger window, click Tools, then Options, then the Privacy
tab, click All users and then click the Block >> button.
This way you can manually add who you want to receive messages from and block
all others.

Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement Appears
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=330904

Enable or Disable Internet Connection Firewall in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;283673
NB: AOL is not compatible with Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall (ICF)
If you have AOL, you should contact AOL and/or get a 3rd party firewall.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communicate/stopspam.asp
Stopping Advertisements with Messenger Service Titles

http://www.updatexp.com/messenger_service_spam.html
Messenger Service Spam - End It Now!

"Livie" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:72ae01c48417$d84ac6f0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I just upgraded to winXP, and now I am getting popups every
> few minutes saying that I have spyware virus, porn, and
> some messages with suggeative pictures. How can I stop
> these? I never got them on Win 98. Thanks, Livvie