Re: MSN Messenger & Firewalls on Win98

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From: Doug Kanter (ancientangler_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/18/04 

Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 03:32:17 GMT

Two things:
1) Messenger uses your address to sign into the service. For purposes of
this messages, you said "xxxx address". If the address sounds logical and
safe to you, tell NPF to allow this action and stop asking. If there's no
way to do that, get a firewall that DOES permit it, like ZoneAlarm. But, I'm
sure NPF can be set up to recognize friendly actions and stop the questions.
You've read the instructions from start to finish, right?

2) Because MS programmers are required to mainline heroin as a prerequisite
for employment, Messenger defaults to letting itself run when Windows
starts, and it continues to run in the background after you think you've
shut it down. Go into the options menus and shut off these settings. They
are obvious and easy to find. 

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"Kingy75" <kingy75@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:4059160d@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
> Hi all,
>
> I've recently installed MSN Messenger 6.1 on my PC and since the install,
> every time I sign in to MSN Messeigneurs Norton Personal Firewall 2002
pops
> up with a warning that I'm "about to send my email address to xxxxx
address,
> do I want to permit or block this action?". This message pops up between
ten
> and fifteen times EVERY time I sign in to MSN Messenger and it does it
> randomly when I'm online and it is EXTREMELY annoying.
>
> Anyone have any ideas on how to stop this frustrating occurrence?
>
> Thanks,
> Kingy75
>
>

Relevant Pages

  • ADVISORY: MSN Messenger OCX Buffer Overflow
    ... MSN Messenger OCX Buffer Overflow ... Microsoft MSN Messenger 4.5 and 4.6, which includes the MSN Chat control ...
    (NT-Bugtraq)
  • ADVISORY: MSN Messenger OCX Buffer Overflow
    ... MSN Messenger OCX Buffer Overflow ... Microsoft MSN Messenger 4.5 and 4.6, which includes the MSN Chat control ...
    (Bugtraq)
  • Re: Unable to access Microsft sites
    ... Then reinstall MSN messenger... ... Search for "Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins" and disable it. ... Disabling this will prevent Hotmail from showing the MSN Messenger status ... disabling or uninstalling it and then see if Hotmail then works with ActiveX ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser)
  • Re: IE Locks in Hotmail
    ... Hi Adrian - Wichert has it right - It's MSN Messenger that you need to ... disable/uninstall, NOT Windows Messenger. ... Disabling this will prevent Hotmail from showing the MSN Messenger ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser)
  • RE: no voice but video when using MSN messenger 6.1
    ... This document provides information about special situations currently experienced in MSN® Messenger. ... As part of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative, Microsoft is providing a security update to the .NET Messenger Service which will require an update for some MSN Messenger or Windows Messenger users. ... Windows XP customers can enable Internet Connection Firewall to block them. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger)