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Every time I'm on the internet, I now seem to get random pop-up messages appear that get really irritating after a while. Here's an example of what I mean:
http://www.geocities.com/kingklik/prob.JPG
And here's a list of all the progs I'm running when connected to the net.
http://www.geocities.com/kingklik/progs.JPG
Any idea lads? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
P.S. I'm not going to resort to using a firewall, as I never had to before this started happening!
http://www.geocities.com/kingklik/prob.JPG
And here's a list of all the progs I'm running when connected to the net.
http://www.geocities.com/kingklik/progs.JPG
Any idea lads? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
P.S. I'm not going to resort to using a firewall, as I never had to before this started happening!
Uncle Albert wrote:
> Thanks for all the help lads (especially Tom).
No problem.
> Thanks for all the help lads (especially Tom).
No problem.
Here's a neat and easy-to-use tool to turn off the Windows Messenger:
http://grc.com/stm/ShootTheMessenger.htm
Lots of other interesting stuff on that site too.
Chris.
http://grc.com/stm/ShootTheMessenger.htm
Lots of other interesting stuff on that site too.
Chris.
Thanks for all the help lads (especially Tom). Indeed it was the Messenger program in Services. A quick setting-change later, and all's fixed. Lovely-jubbly. :)
cjh wrote:
> Don't worry to much about broadcasting an IP though, as your suppose
> to to use the net.
Not really. Your IP is only like your home address. You want something you get it delivered to your house by giving out your address. You don't keep broadcasting your address to everyone who may deliver you something. Well I think thats how it works. As otherwise the internet would be flooded.
This problem as Tom as stated does seem like a Messenger service problem. If you know the commands you can send messages to people over a network, we use to do it at school all the time until it was disabled.
> Don't worry to much about broadcasting an IP though, as your suppose
> to to use the net.
Not really. Your IP is only like your home address. You want something you get it delivered to your house by giving out your address. You don't keep broadcasting your address to everyone who may deliver you something. Well I think thats how it works. As otherwise the internet would be flooded.
This problem as Tom as stated does seem like a Messenger service problem. If you know the commands you can send messages to people over a network, we use to do it at school all the time until it was disabled.
http://support.microsoft.com/ (SPACE) default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q312931
Don't know if that helps.
I also found this in a google groups search:
Disable the messenger and alerter services and avoid this new spam medium
completely! Find these services here:
Start --> Settings --> Control panel --> Administrative Tools --> Services
Don't know if that helps.
I also found this in a google groups search:
Disable the messenger and alerter services and avoid this new spam medium
completely! Find these services here:
Start --> Settings --> Control panel --> Administrative Tools --> Services
I'm pretty sure that messenging service is a "feature" of Windows, and can be turned off, eliminating those messages.
However, I can't remember how :0)
However, I can't remember how :0)
[email protected]
Send them a mail asking how to get rid of their message.
Don't worry to much about broadcasting an IP though, as your suppose to to use the net.
However, don't completly rule out a firewall, its a good little investment to stop those "back doors" on your computer from being acessed.
I've had 5 attempts already that I know of since installing Norton Firewall, and now I've got Pipex looking into one of their own customers, so if it helps stop people from hacking into your machine ... it can only be a good thing?
Send them a mail asking how to get rid of their message.
Don't worry to much about broadcasting an IP though, as your suppose to to use the net.
However, don't completly rule out a firewall, its a good little investment to stop those "back doors" on your computer from being acessed.
I've had 5 attempts already that I know of since installing Norton Firewall, and now I've got Pipex looking into one of their own customers, so if it helps stop people from hacking into your machine ... it can only be a good thing?
Every time I'm on the internet, I now seem to get random pop-up messages appear that get really irritating after a while. Here's an example of what I mean:
http://www.geocities.com/kingklik/prob.JPG
And here's a list of all the progs I'm running when connected to the net.
http://www.geocities.com/kingklik/progs.JPG
Any idea lads? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
P.S. I'm not going to resort to using a firewall, as I never had to before this started happening!
http://www.geocities.com/kingklik/prob.JPG
And here's a list of all the progs I'm running when connected to the net.
http://www.geocities.com/kingklik/progs.JPG
Any idea lads? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
P.S. I'm not going to resort to using a firewall, as I never had to before this started happening!