annoying pop ups

[bad boy]

just got a new pc, so have installed the latest bt yahoo anytime software. anyway these annoying messenger type adverts(they say messenger service at the top) keep popping up usually advertising porn i have turned the btyahoo pop up part to not allow any pop ups but there still there and i have installed ad aware which gets rid of them for a short while, but they still come back after a while. so is their a way to fix this? im guessing i need another pop up blocker but can someone reccomend a good free one?

[FourWheelDrift]

Start/Run on the button bar.

type services.msc click OK

Find messenger double click it and chose - startup type = "disable", click ok.

It's an internal network messaging service than can be too easily exploited.

>> Edited by FourWheelDrift on Thursday 12th February 14:04

[stone]

I've been having the same problem!
Will this mean that Messenger can no longer be used or will it just prevent the popups??

[FourWheelDrift]

This messenger is not MSN Messenger, it's an internal network communications tool that has holes in it and exploited by adware.

[bad boy]

thanks fwd that seems to have fixed it

[stone]

Showing my ignorance there!! Cheers FWD

[arcturus]

Whilst the above reply is more than valid, there is another way to stop the pop-ups without disabling the messenger service. Simply install a firewall such as ZoneAlarm and ensure it is blocking port 135 (which it does by default).

This has the advantage that it will block the bad guy's pop-ups whilst still allowing windows to use the messenger service for other legitimate reasons.

[FourWheelDrift]

arcturus said:

This has the advantage that it will block the bad guy's pop-ups whilst still allowing windows to use the messenger service for other legitimate reasons.

But Messenger is just a simple way for users on a network to send each other short "pop-up" messages. Network administrators might have used it to notify everyone of system-wide events. There is a standard command line program "Net Send", that can be used to generate these messages. Therefore Messenger is unused and I'm not aware of any programs that rely upon the Messenger Service to deliver it's information therefore I always suggest shutting it down.

[unlicensed]

You big computer nerd FWD

[FourWheelDrift]

unlicensed said:

You big computer nerd FWD

I just copied & pasted the text from www.grc.com

>> Edited by FourWheelDrift on Friday 13th February 12:37

[barry sheene]

arcturus said:

there is another way to stop the pop-ups without disabling the messenger service. Simply install a firewall such as ZoneAlarm and ensure it is blocking port 135 (which it does by default).

Or use a decent web browser like Mozilla Firefox that lets you block pop-ups by clicking a check-box (it's also highly configurable)

[unlicensed]

FourWheelDrift said:

unlicensed said: You big computer nerd FWD I just copied & pasted the text from <a href="http://www.grc.com">www.grc.com</a> >> Edited by FourWheelDrift on Friday 13th February 12:37

Cheater then ey, no wonder ur soo fast in GPL.

[arcturus]

FourWheelDrift said:

But Messenger is just a simple way for users on a network to send each other short "pop-up" messages. Network administrators might have used it to notify everyone of system-wide events. There is a standard command line program "Net Send", that can be used to generate these messages. Therefore Messenger is unused and I'm not aware of any programs that rely upon the Messenger Service to deliver it's information therefore I always suggest shutting it down.

Exactly. If I shut it down I will have to get out of my chair and go downstairs to tell my daughter to get off the web and go to bed!! Whereas a quick 'Net Send' usually does the trick nicely.

[FourWheelDrift]

Ah, I see

[Marshy]

barry sheene said:

Or use a decent web browser like Mozilla Firefox that lets you block pop-ups by clicking a check-box (it's also highly configurable)

Web popups these are not: your choice of browser has no effect over whether these pop up or not.