lowrider_1 Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 Hello everyone as you can see i'm a newbie so treat me nice,anyway i have norton security's and farewall ,and i keep getting this pop up it says, that if this pop up can make it to your pc than anybody can look and see what i'm doing on the internet .And it say's go to messageblocker.com buy it and it will keep the whole internet from peeking into your computer.Does anybody know anything about that?lowrider_1 w00t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSNwar Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 Zero PopUp Killer XP v4.2Zero Popup Killer XP is a small, effective, and intelligent anti-pop-up software product that can kill annoying pop-up windows without human intervention by using artificial intelligence and intelligent agent technologies. It is light on your system's resources and resides in the system tray. It works as an add-in for Internet Explorer and automatically starts when you start up the IE browser. OS: Windows XP/2000/NT/98/95/MeWebsite: Ax Soft http://www.ax-soft.com/xper found this and posted it in our software section. It is free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techguy21801 Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 you try this one it's called noads, i use it and it works great, it's free, small, doesn't hod resources, and it is configurable w/ a lot of browsers. here's the linkNoAds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerties Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=ST...T&f=2&t=5128&s=if your refering to net sends like enonemoose just spoke of do the following to avoid it from every happening again...Start>Control Panel>Admin Tools>Services>Scroll down until you find Messenger Service>Right click it>Select Properties>Then change the startup Type Manual>Press the stop button to shut down the service and press "OK" to save your settings.Thats all you have to do to stop Messanger Spam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 If you're getting pop-up messages, do what XPerties posted...If you're just getting advertising pop-ups, use a pop-up stopper...I think there are some free ones out there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techguy21801 Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 you cann always remove windows messenger and use trillian instead.. w00t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedative Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 Removing messenger won't stop the net send spam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerties Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 windows messenger does not, I repeat DOES NOT cause pop ups, you are getting advertisements pop ups that are being sent using Messenger Service which is NOT APART OF MSN Messanger....while surfing the internet of you get a window that is being used my Internet explorer, that is a pop up, the other is called a Net Send.To disable net send pop ups do as I posted before. No software will stop net sends, only turning off the service will.I hope everyone understands now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asklepios Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 if you are on network then stopping net send might effect your ability to recieve and send messages across to other PC's.here http://www.stopmessengerspam.com/ will help you and it is completely free. messengerblocker.com charges for same kinda solution.btw i can't agree with XPerties more. if you are on a stand alone PC, stop the messenger service. it will not only stop those pop-ups but will also save you some precious memory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaavaaguru Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Would it not be sensible to configure a firewall to prevent people on the Internet accessing whatever port the Messenger service uses on your PC? If you're on a network, block this at your router (easy to do if you've got a PC set up as a NAT box). This is not directed at the original poster (the newbie), but at all the people who have suggested was of preventing the problem.This way, you still have the Messenger service if you need it, but people on the 'net can't abuse it. Would you share your C: drive or an SMTP servger out to the entire world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaavaaguru Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 If you're getting pop-up messages, do what XPerties posted...If you're just getting advertising pop-ups, use a pop-up stopper...I think there are some free ones out there...Most modern browsers (e.g. http://phoenix.ragweed.net/ ) block all 'pop-up' windows, except ones that you explicitly wanted (as a result of clicking on a link). If you don't like the functionality of the browser you have, use one that suits you better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaavaaguru Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 Does anyone know what port the Windows Messenger service runs on? (I'm not talking about the chat thing here). I'd be interested to set up a program listening on that port to see what it actually does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asklepios Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 It use port 139http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/answers...,3374542,00.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miek Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 The one I use is proxomitron (http://www.proxomitron.org). Besides blocking pop-ups it can also remove ads from web-pages.Since it's working as a proxy-server you don't even notice any pop-up's that opens and closes immediately. This also means that it is working width any web-browser.It's completly free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 Excellent ad-blocking software Miek, but didn't go well with my Kerio firewall (BSOD, BSOD and etc )So, while waiting for a fix, I've stuck to using Ad Muncher, its very similar to the way Proxo works. http://www.admuncher.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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