beccatigger Posted June 10, 2003 Posted June 10, 2003 Ok, I've reinstalled Windows on my laptop and put messenger 6 on (currently downloading hotfix updates)Tell me why I'm getting the dreaded "enlarge your p**is " pop ads are coming up again?
Cal2002 Posted June 10, 2003 Posted June 10, 2003 was it a clean install of windows, or an upgrade install?
vcant Posted June 10, 2003 Posted June 10, 2003 you probably installed some kind of adware by accident....you should run AdAware, ill get you the link
vcant Posted June 10, 2003 Posted June 10, 2003 ok, here it is, download this program, install it,this will find all the adware on you computer an remove itlinkbtw, if you running Kazaa, and not Kazza Lite, this program can screw it, so just install Kazaa Lite (if at all)
Aaron Posted June 10, 2003 Posted June 10, 2003 Is it this sort of popup?Go to control panel > admin tools > services > and disable the Messenger Service.MSN/Windows Messenger remains unaffected.
vcant Posted June 10, 2003 Posted June 10, 2003 do you actually have Messenger service enaibled on XP?i never had any adds from the messenger on XP.having lots of them on the servers thought, cause im to lazy to turn it off
beccatigger Posted June 10, 2003 Author Posted June 10, 2003 oh yeah I forgot, I have spy sweeper on my other computer. God it's so annoying though isnt it?PS thanx vcant, I'm getting it now:D
XPerties Posted June 10, 2003 Posted June 10, 2003 do what aaron said before you install anything else. They are called NET sends, based on messenger service running in windows. Don't confuse it with MSN messenger. They are not the same.
beccatigger Posted June 10, 2003 Author Posted June 10, 2003 cheers Aaron and XPerties. BTW, erm what other services depend on it? Does it stop it telling you there's new upgrades available etc.?
vcant Posted June 10, 2003 Posted June 10, 2003 im not sure what services depend on it, but definetly nothing important, and it has nothing to do with Windows Updates, so basicly it stops the really anoying adds
XPerties Posted June 10, 2003 Posted June 10, 2003 basically it was set up for companys to send messenges within a network. But the spammers use it to annoy people. It does not effect anything else by turning it off. Just stops the annoying net sends.read about it a little more here.They send it using your IPhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/...cs/net_send.asp
XPerties Posted June 11, 2003 Posted June 11, 2003 oh great so anyone can do it then!well sure, but if you have it disabled, you dont get bothered.
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