re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages'
Monday, March 31, 2003 at 5:46 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by cass
(4 messages posted)
I'm fairly new to this stuff so apologies if this is a really stupid question but:
I followed your instructions to disable the messenger service and was wondering,
what happens to the ports that it controls once you've disabled it? Do they remain
open and if they do can someone get access to my computer over the net?
Also, can anyone recommend a beginner's guide to this kind of stuff (internet security,
spam etc)?
Cheers,
C.
On Sunday, February 9, 2003 at 8:59 am, Athena wrote:
>Stopping Windows Messenger Services will only stop the popups that come in thru
ports
>controlled by it; Netbios 135, 137-139, and 445; it won't control web-based pop-ups.
>Those popups when you are on the internet come thru browsers port 80. Something
>like Pop-Up-Stopper, POW, or integrated modules in other products can help with
these.
>
>If you get pop-ups when not on the web, or a large amount of them, you might have
>another problem...spyware. Lavasoft Ad-Aware or Spybot Search and Destroy can detect
>and remove these modules so you can get some peace.
>
>-Athena-
>
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