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JCTango - Dec 15, 2002

		JCTango		Dec 15, 2002
			I was annoyed by being "attacked" with these thingies...so i did a search and found a proggy that seems to work well with it... here's the link... http://www.messagesubtract.com/index.html... JCTango

		antime		Dec 15, 2002
			If you have a firewall, just block the relevant ports (135, 137-139 and 445). Blocking NetBIOS is a very good idea anyway if you're connected to the net. On NT/W2K/XP you can also disable the messenger service (I don't know if or how it can be done on 9x).

Zziggy00

Dec 15, 2002

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by antime@Dec. 14 2002, 2:03 pm



On NT/W2K/XP you can also disable the messenger service (I don't know if or how it can be done on 9x).

there was an artical on how to do this on TechTV a few weeks back. I hated those damn pop-ups, now they are a thing of the past

		Link Hylia		Dec 15, 2002
			here you go: http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/print/0...33745...

		Taelon		Dec 15, 2002
			Get a better chat client.

		antime		Dec 16, 2002
			It's not about MSN Messenger, but Windows Messaging which is a way to send messages to machines on your LAN. The intended use is for Administrators to broadcast important info (e.g., server downtime) but, in this case, it has been exploited/hijacked by spammers.

		Link Hylia		Dec 16, 2002
			yeah, and Leo showed it live on TV. an ad saying "send me money, and I will tell you how to stop these kinds of ads" no kidding.

MasterAkumaMatata

Dec 16, 2002

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by Taelon@Dec. 16 2002, 12:15 am



Get a better chat client.

Boy, Taelon, did you ever step into a big, fat, steamin' one.

		Jaded God		Dec 16, 2002
			are you talking about those messenger popups that come up on your desktop... when u leave your comp on I come back the next morning to find like "XXX teen" or "Message from: blah blah... Try new products and stuff"... That stuff? This gets rid of it this link? I got it through emails WMKLEz virus or so i think.

		Nadius		Dec 16, 2002
			The first i saw one, i thought i had a virus too. Actually that one was the only one. It was only a few days later when Leo talked about them on the Screensavers.

		googlefest1		Dec 16, 2002
			those progs may not last long besides the standard porn, money grants, merchant account spam i get - i sometimes get buisness spam -- every now and then i get a "get by those pop up blocker programs" buisness count on blah blah blah blah - with the increasing amount of people using those progies i think that either free services will stop or use a detection scheme and send you warnings (which i doubt) or they will just figure out to get by them (using the things i get spamed with (if they are for real) or come up with ones themselves

DBOY

Dec 16, 2002

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by Zziggy00@Dec. 15 2002, 2:12 pm



there was an artical on how to do this on TechTV a few weeks back. I hated those damn pop-ups, now they are a thing of the past .

At least until they find a new way to piss you off next month.