August 3, 2003, 15:20
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Messenger Service Popups
About 4 months ago, I started to get these popups while connected to the internet. Basically, a window pops up with a message. It appears to be part of XP, but isn't part of MS Messenger, as far as I can tell. No odd processes are started to give me a clue as to where it's coming from.
Of course, I want these killed ASAP, while still being able to surf (Mozilla) and swap files (eMule). This with a cable modem, always-on connection.
Anybody have a clue on what to set to stop this instrusion? I am trying ZoneAlarm, but it's confusing and doesn't seem to work sometimes. Then it costs after a certain time.
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I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
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August 3, 2003, 15:20
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is it an MSN Today window?
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August 3, 2003, 15:23
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I don't believe so. It's just like a normal Windows pop-up with an "OK" button.
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I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
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August 3, 2003, 15:26
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Oh. What's it say?
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August 3, 2003, 15:28
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It just contains spam. Penis enlargement. Porn sites. Debt reduction. That sort of thing.
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I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
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August 3, 2003, 15:47
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Hmmm, sounds dodgy...something has installed one of those dodgy ad programs that pop them up now and again. I'd try and purge it from your system...piece of sh*t...
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August 3, 2003, 15:48
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I'd blame Poly for it 
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Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith
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August 3, 2003, 15:49
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We've had loads of threads on this.
It's nothing too sinister, it's just that for some daft reason NETSEND is activated by default in XP Home.
It's intended for network admins to send a message to everyone on the system, but it can be exploited by spammers.
There's a very easy way to disable it ... but I've forgotten how. No doubt someone else will be along to explain it later. 
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If I'm posting here then Counterglow must be down.
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August 3, 2003, 15:49
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Message from Glonkybabes:
Tell DanS to go to Control Panel -> Admin Tools -> Services, and right click "Messenger", go to Properties. Then hit Stop and select "Disabled" from the dropdown
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Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith
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August 3, 2003, 15:51
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That was quicker than I thought. 
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August 3, 2003, 15:56
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Muchos gracias, glonkybabes.
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I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
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August 3, 2003, 16:14
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Hey Glonk,
I have formatted all of my machines and am installing Gentoo Linux on it!!!
Death to Micro$oft Windoze/Windblows!!!! 
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August 3, 2003, 17:49
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No Asher.... ??????  
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August 3, 2003, 18:13
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Originally posted by alva
No Asher.... ??????
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He's away I think - time to post lots of anti-MS threads.
Oh, hi Ming....
Well, perhaps not...
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August 3, 2003, 18:21
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Shuddup man!!!
He who speaketh of bans, that man shall surely receive one.
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August 3, 2003, 21:17
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Try a different firewall as well; I switched from ZoneAlarm to Sygate when I did my WinXP install. Sygate doesn't badger you about updates or have shareware nags the way ZoneAlarm does, and I like its logging features better.
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August 3, 2003, 21:49
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Happens on my computer too. Thanks for taking the bullet and asking the question, Dan.
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August 3, 2003, 22:54
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Asher is my hero! I've been looking all over for how to get rid of that stupid problem.
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August 4, 2003, 01:50
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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Asher is my hero! I've been looking all over for how to get rid of that stupid problem.
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Use Linux or buy a mac.
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August 4, 2003, 02:01
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Funny. Last time I went to the Lindows home page it tried to install Gator on my machine. 
Of course Linux solves every computer problem known to man.
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August 4, 2003, 04:49
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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Asher is my hero! I've been looking all over for how to get rid of that stupid problem.
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You should watch the OT more closely then. It's been mentioned at least twice in the last couple of months.
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August 4, 2003, 09:09
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Well, it's a good thing I didn't buy that "messenger killer" app that they tried to sell me on one of those messenger popups:
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August 4, 2003, 09:18
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DamS, read about a similar problem to yours in this article.
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