XP Firewall wuz mess serv.

[haygood@aemail4u.com (Haygood)]

Never bothered wit the firewall <he said sheepishly>.  Actually, I was afraid it would interupt my gaming.  Maybe that's a myth.  Let's find out.  How do I use the XP firewall stuff?

Hopefully my messenger service annoyance is over.  Thanks all!

BH

--- "Tyler P." <ty@festf.org> wrote:
>I agree with Ray, this will work too. 
>
>However, if these messenger things are getting in it would seem that your
>firewall is not secure enough or you are not running it and it would be far
>more beneficial for you to simply secure your computer.  Besides, windows xp
>has a pretty effective firewall feature built right in that anybody on
>broadband should utilize.  
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ray Dowling [mailto:RayD@amfirst.org]
>Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 2:44 PM
>To: haygood@aemail4u.com; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: RE: Messenger Service Pop-ups
>
>
>
>Right-click on my computer and hit "manage". Expand "services and
>applications" then highlight "services". In the right pane find "messenger"
>and double-click it. Change startup type to "disabled" then click the "stop"
>button under service status. 
>
>This is a "feature" of Windows that is meant for network administrators
>(like me) but has no security. The spammers are just sending a message to
>Windows and it happily displays it... No spyware or other software required.
>
>
>
>
>From: Haygood [mailto:haygood@aemail4u.com]
>Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 4:28 PM
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: OT: Messenger Service Pop-ups
>
>
>Hi all.  For the past few months I have been plagued by these stupid
>"Messenger Service" windows that pop up.  Often, when I've been away from my
>computer for a couple of hours, I'll have to close 5 or 6 of them.   I have
>a pop-up blocker that blocks pop-ups in internet explorer, but it doesn't
>catch these.  I have run ad-aware6, with it's updates, and that never does
>any good.  I have rebuilt the machine from scratch a couple of times, but
>the windows keep coming back.  The "Messenger Service" windows don't show up
>in the task manager, and I haven't been able to relate them to any
>particular processes.  Please help me get rid of these annoying things.  
>
>The content of the window usually says something like: Message from AEKJFNE
>to XXXXXX:   You need a University Diploma! ....
>
>...or some other spam like that.  
>
>I wish the assholes who create stuff like this would get a life and realize
>that it isn't morally right to knowingly annoy people just because you can,
>it suits your needs, or otherwise makes you happy.
>
>XP with all (I think) updates, cable modem.
>
>BH 
>
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