how do i get rid of stupid messages

s4ch117 · 15 Jun 2006 at 11:33

keep getting these pop ups ever 5 minutes or so just wondering how i can get rid of them

thats a couple of examples of it.

Lonewolf · 15 Jun 2006 at 11:39

IIRC go into your control panel, select Admin tools then Services look for Messenger, right click and stop.

Berserker · 15 Jun 2006 at 11:43

That'll work, as will installing a personal firewall.

Captain-Fungi · 15 Jun 2006 at 12:34

Berserker said:
That'll work, as will installing a personal firewall.

A personal firewall will be better! If you are using XP, enable the XP firewall.

Net Send traffic makes up for a huge amount of traffic that gets sent over the internet, as it is UDP orientated, it is very easy to spoof.

s4ch117 · 15 Jun 2006 at 13:01

the control panel trick seems to have gone it

already running Kerio firewall

Velocity · 15 Jun 2006 at 13:03

s4ch117 said:
the control panel trick seems to have gone it

already running Kerio firewall

Then it's not very good

Have you got XP Sp2 on your machine?

Craig321 · 15 Jun 2006 at 13:05

Lonewolf said:
IIRC go into your control panel, select Admin tools then Services look for Messenger, right click and stop.

That'll work, but I personally don't think it's good enough. There's still something there that'll be trying to send the message.

If I was you i'd run Ad-Aware, Microsoft Spy Defender, Spybot S&D, A-Squared,
Advanced Spyware Remover and kill it all!

Captain-Fungi · 15 Jun 2006 at 13:21

Craig321 said:
That'll work, but I personally don't think it's good enough. There's still something there that'll be trying to send the message.

If I was you i'd run Ad-Aware, Microsoft Spy Defender, Spybot S&D, A-Squared,
Advanced Spyware Remover and kill it all!

From the screenshot, It would appear that he is receiving messages and not sending them. But if they can get through your firewall it would be wise to run the Ad-Aware scan ETC just incase any other nasties got through.

LoadsaMoney · 15 Jun 2006 at 15:02

Amazing i was getting bombarded with the exact same ones around dinner time, i disabled the messenger service for it, then i realised i didnt have my ZoneAlarm running, so no wonder they were coming up.