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re: huge pop up ads Thursday, April 10, 2003 at 7:36 pm Posted by Bob (6 messages posted) Try running Spybot S&D On Thursday, April 10, 2003 at 7:08 pm, joemardo1 wrote: >my isp is aol, lately I have been getting these huge pop up ads all of a sudden while >surfing either in aol browser or aol > >large pop uip with grey background with test such as >Message from STOPMESSENGER to YOUR COMPUTER WE AT WWW.STOPMESSENGER.COM HELP, PEOPLE >LIKE YOU BY BLOCKING THESE ANNOYING POP-UPS.etc etc > >MESSAGE FROM SKINNY PERSON TO FAT PERSON >WE CAN HELP YOU WITH OUR NEW DIET PLAN!etc etc > >I have ran adaware norton antivirus, the cleaner, trojan remover, ontrack antivirus, >have installed a pop up stopper, i have norton firewall, no virus or trjan detected >, i am running windows xp pro > >any ideas please before I go mad ....lol thanks > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: huge pop up ads Thursday, April 10, 2003 at 7:45 pm Posted by Reese (45 messages posted) Does that happen with every website you go to? If you go to sites like yahoo.com or google.com do you still get them? Because sites like those dont have pop ups, and if you get pop ups anyways when you go to those sites, it is probably an external problem like spyware...or maybe something with AOL. Otherwise, if it only happens on some websites, its probably the website. If all else fails, get an ad-blocker (I like naviscope) On Thursday, April 10, 2003 at 7:08 pm, joemardo1 wrote: >my isp is aol, lately I have been getting these huge pop up ads all of a sudden while >surfing either in aol browser or aol > >large pop uip with grey background with test such as >Message from STOPMESSENGER to YOUR COMPUTER WE AT WWW.STOPMESSENGER.COM HELP, PEOPLE >LIKE YOU BY BLOCKING THESE ANNOYING POP-UPS.etc etc > >MESSAGE FROM SKINNY PERSON TO FAT PERSON >WE CAN HELP YOU WITH OUR NEW DIET PLAN!etc etc > >I have ran adaware norton antivirus, the cleaner, trojan remover, ontrack antivirus, >have installed a pop up stopper, i have norton firewall, no virus or trjan detected >, i am running windows xp pro > >any ideas please before I go mad ....lol thanks > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: huge pop up ads Thursday, April 10, 2003 at 8:00 pm Posted by Bob Cerelli (2137 messages posted) Why not just turn off your Messenger service. Most people don't really need it anyway. Bob Cerelli On Thursday, April 10, 2003 at 7:08 pm, joemardo1 wrote: >my isp is aol, lately I have been getting these huge pop up ads all of a sudden while >surfing either in aol browser or aol > >large pop uip with grey background with test such as >Message from STOPMESSENGER to YOUR COMPUTER WE AT WWW.STOPMESSENGER.COM HELP, PEOPLE >LIKE YOU BY BLOCKING THESE ANNOYING POP-UPS.etc etc > >MESSAGE FROM SKINNY PERSON TO FAT PERSON >WE CAN HELP YOU WITH OUR NEW DIET PLAN!etc etc > >I have ran adaware norton antivirus, the cleaner, trojan remover, ontrack antivirus, >have installed a pop up stopper, i have norton firewall, no virus or trjan detected >, i am running windows xp pro > >any ideas please before I go mad ....lol thanks > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: huge pop up ads Thursday, April 10, 2003 at 8:29 pm Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE (4310 messages posted) Here's an explanation and solutions from the MS Knowledgebase: Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement Appears [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: huge pop up ads Thursday, April 10, 2003 at 9:34 pm Posted by stevew220 (383 messages posted) as Bob C. said, turn off messenger, and get both Spybot search and destroy, and PcMag's CookieCop 2.2, both are free, and both are very good at what they do. On Thursday, April 10, 2003 at 7:08 pm, joemardo1 wrote: >my isp is aol, lately I have been getting these huge pop up ads all of a sudden while >surfing either in aol browser or aol > >large pop uip with grey background with test such as >Message from STOPMESSENGER to YOUR COMPUTER WE AT WWW.STOPMESSENGER.COM HELP, PEOPLE >LIKE YOU BY BLOCKING THESE ANNOYING POP-UPS.etc etc > >MESSAGE FROM SKINNY PERSON TO FAT PERSON >WE CAN HELP YOU WITH OUR NEW DIET PLAN!etc etc > >I have ran adaware norton antivirus, the cleaner, trojan remover, ontrack antivirus, >have installed a pop up stopper, i have norton firewall, no virus or trjan detected >, i am running windows xp pro > >any ideas please before I go mad ....lol thanks > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: huge pop up ads Friday, April 11, 2003 at 7:19 am Posted by joemardo1 (10 messages posted) thanks folks, to all of you , I have turned off messenger ,hope this works, it was ( I hope) one of the most annoying things I have ever experienced on here those huge pop up ads either whiel surfing aol browser or interent explorer, didn't matter what site I was on, they just popped out of the blue, thanks again, hope this works On Thursday, April 10, 2003 at 9:34 pm, steve w wrote: >as Bob C. said, turn off messenger, and get both Spybot search and destroy, and >PcMag's CookieCop 2.2, both are free, and both are very good at what they do. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: huge pop up ads Wednesday, May 14, 2003 at 5:57 am Posted by hel (1 messages posted) Even with messenger turned off these stupid things still turn up! I object to buying software that sops them, and all the freeware stuff doesn't seem to have any effect. Nor does aol 8's alleged pop-up stopper. Any advice?? Please! On Thursday, April 10, 2003 at 8:00 pm, Bob Cerelli wrote: >Why not just turn off your Messenger service. Most people don't really need it anyway. > >Bob Cerelli > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: huge pop up ads Friday, May 16, 2003 at 4:59 am Posted by MR ALVAR GRAHAM (1 messages posted) pop up messages sir ( help ) i love my aol im disabled room and house bound but am fed up with pop up grey messages please can you help to get rid of them for me its every 10 minutes you cant get peace for them i need your help to get rid off them thank you [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: huge pop up ads Monday, May 19, 2003 at 3:18 pm Posted by rich (1 messages posted) they are drivin me nuts too On Thursday, April 10, 2003 at 7:08 pm, joemardo1 wrote: >my isp is aol, lately I have been getting these huge pop up ads all of a sudden while >surfing either in aol browser or aol > >large pop uip with grey background with test such as >Message from STOPMESSENGER to YOUR COMPUTER WE AT WWW.STOPMESSENGER.COM HELP, PEOPLE >LIKE YOU BY BLOCKING THESE ANNOYING POP-UPS.etc etc > >MESSAGE FROM SKINNY PERSON TO FAT PERSON >WE CAN HELP YOU WITH OUR NEW DIET PLAN!etc etc > >I have ran adaware norton antivirus, the cleaner, trojan remover, ontrack antivirus, >have installed a pop up stopper, i have norton firewall, no virus or trjan detected >, i am running windows xp pro > >any ideas please before I go mad ....lol thanks > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: huge pop up ads Friday, May 23, 2003 at 8:46 am Posted by Shirley Miller (1 messages posted) On Fri. 05/22/03 Noon Shirley M. said, Get all of the Messagers Buster into progress today! On Thursday, April 10, 2003 at 9:34 pm, steve w wrote: >as Bob C. said, turn off messenger, and get both Spybot search and destroy, and >PcMag's CookieCop 2.2, both are free, and both are very good at what they do. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: huge pop up ads Tuesday, May 27, 2003 at 10:26 am Posted by DJ (1 messages posted) Hi I asked the AOL helpdesk ( click on help and type in your question) . They gave me clear instructions hwhc worked - suggest you try there DJ On Thursday, April 10, 2003 at 7:08 pm, joemardo1 wrote: >my isp is aol, lately I have been getting these huge pop up ads all of a sudden while >surfing either in aol browser or aol > >large pop uip with grey background with test such as >Message from STOPMESSENGER to YOUR COMPUTER WE AT WWW.STOPMESSENGER.COM HELP, PEOPLE >LIKE YOU BY BLOCKING THESE ANNOYING POP-UPS.etc etc > >MESSAGE FROM SKINNY PERSON TO FAT PERSON >WE CAN HELP YOU WITH OUR NEW DIET PLAN!etc etc > >I have ran adaware norton antivirus, the cleaner, trojan remover, ontrack antivirus, >have installed a pop up stopper, i have norton firewall, no virus or trjan detected >, i am running windows xp pro > >any ideas please before I go mad ....lol thanks > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: huge pop up ads Thursday, May 29, 2003 at 8:24 am Posted by ChrisM (1 messages posted) Hello how are you doing my name is Chris. I was in the same boat I have compuserve . And I was getting the same popups. I tried every popup stopper out there and nothing stopped these ads. Finally I tried Message Stopper and believe it or not it works great . And it is FREE . Give it a try it worked for me. On Thursday, April 10, 2003 at 7:08 pm, joemardo1 wrote: >my isp is aol, lately I have been getting these huge pop up ads all of a sudden while >surfing either in aol browser or aol > >large pop uip with grey background with test such as >Message from STOPMESSENGER to YOUR COMPUTER WE AT WWW.STOPMESSENGER.COM HELP, PEOPLE >LIKE YOU BY BLOCKING THESE ANNOYING POP-UPS.etc etc > >MESSAGE FROM SKINNY PERSON TO FAT PERSON >WE CAN HELP YOU WITH OUR NEW DIET PLAN!etc etc > >I have ran adaware norton antivirus, the cleaner, trojan remover, ontrack antivirus, >have installed a pop up stopper, i have norton firewall, no virus or trjan detected >, i am running windows xp pro > >any ideas please before I go mad ....lol thanks > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: huge pop up ads Thursday, May 29, 2003 at 10:17 am Posted by joemardo1 (10 messages posted) hello thanks chris and everyone else, this seems to becoming a big problem for a lot of people, the solution is to turn off the windows messenger in services in control panel, or else use that message stopper as chris has suggested, im laughing now about it ....these people actually send you these pop ups in order to buy theri product to stop it...in other words its pure BLACKMAIL!!!! On Thursday, May 29, 2003 at 8:24 am, ChrisM wrote: >Hello how are you doing my name is Chris. I was in the same boat I have compuserve >. And I was getting the same popups. I tried every popup stopper out there and nothing >stopped these ads. Finally I tried Message Stopper and believe it or not it works >great . And it is FREE . Give it a try it worked for me. > >hello thanks chris and everyone else, this seems to becoming a big problem for a lot of people, the solution is to turn off the windows messenger in services in control panel, or else use that message stopper as chris has suggested, im laughing now about it ....these people actually send you these pop ups in order to buy theri product to stop it...in other words its pure BLACKMAIL!!!! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: huge pop up ads Monday, June 2, 2003 at 3:40 pm Posted by roger (1 messages posted) How to stop those annoying pop-ups when using windows xp. Right-click on 'My Computer', click 'Manage', click on 'Services and Applications', click on 'Services', on the right hand side of the screen scroll down until you find 'Messenger' (this is not related to MSN Messenger), right click select 'Properties' and change 'Startup Type' to Disabled. You might have to restart your computer for this to take effect Bingo - those annoying messages stop! On Thursday, April 10, 2003 at 7:08 pm, joemardo1 wrote: >my isp is aol, lately I have been getting these huge pop up ads all of a sudden while >surfing either in aol browser or aol > >large pop uip with grey background with test such as >Message from STOPMESSENGER to YOUR COMPUTER WE AT WWW.STOPMESSENGER.COM HELP, PEOPLE >LIKE YOU BY BLOCKING THESE ANNOYING POP-UPS.etc etc > >MESSAGE FROM SKINNY PERSON TO FAT PERSON >WE CAN HELP YOU WITH OUR NEW DIET PLAN!etc etc > >I have ran adaware norton antivirus, the cleaner, trojan remover, ontrack antivirus, >have installed a pop up stopper, i have norton firewall, no virus or trjan detected >, i am running windows xp pro > >any ideas please before I go mad ....lol thanks > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: huge pop up ads Monday, June 2, 2003 at 10:38 pm Posted by Keith Cromer (1 messages posted) This site is suppose to help with the popup messages: http://www.jerryamoore.com/html/stopmessenger.html On Thursday, April 10, 2003 at 7:08 pm, joemardo1 wrote: >my isp is aol, lately I have been getting these huge pop up ads all of a sudden while >surfing either in aol browser or aol > >large pop uip with grey background with test such as >Message from STOPMESSENGER to YOUR COMPUTER WE AT WWW.STOPMESSENGER.COM HELP, PEOPLE >LIKE YOU BY BLOCKING THESE ANNOYING POP-UPS.etc etc > >MESSAGE FROM SKINNY PERSON TO FAT PERSON >WE CAN HELP YOU WITH OUR NEW DIET PLAN!etc etc > >I have ran adaware norton antivirus, the cleaner, trojan remover, ontrack antivirus, >have installed a pop up stopper, i have norton firewall, no virus or trjan detected >, i am running windows xp pro > >any ideas please before I go mad ....lol thanks > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: huge pop up ads Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at 10:29 am Posted by Frank Hall (1 messages posted) Im new to XP Pro.. could some one tell me HOW to turn off Messenger? Please... On Thursday, April 10, 2003 at 8:00 pm, Bob Cerelli wrote: >Why not just turn off your Messenger service. Most people don't really need it anyway. > >Bob Cerelli > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: huge pop up ads Saturday, June 7, 2003 at 12:56 pm Posted by Kevin P. Murphy (1 messages posted) Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement Appears The information in this article applies to: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Microsoft MSN Messenger 4.5 Microsoft MSN Messenger 4.6 Microsoft MSN Messenger 5.0 Microsoft Windows Messenger 4.0 Microsoft Windows Messenger 4.5 Microsoft Windows Messenger 4.6 Microsoft Windows Messenger 4.7 This article was previously published under Q330904 SYMPTOMS A Messenger service window that contains an Internet advertisement appears. The text in the advertisement is similar to the following text: Messenger Service Message from source to your_computer_name.ISP_name on date time Message Text These messages are also called "messenger spam." CAUSE This issue occurs if you are sent anet send message by someone who is using the Messenger service in Windows. The Messenger service is a Windows service that transmits net send messages and messages that are sent through the Alerter service between client computers and servers. For example, the Messenger service can be used by network administrators to send administrative alerts to network users. The Messenger service can also be used by Windows and other software programs. For example, Windows may use it to inform you when a print job is completed or when you lose power to your computer and switch to a uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Your antivirus program may use the Messenger service to send you notifications. The Messenger service is not related to your Web browser, e-mail program, Windows Messenger, or MSN Messenger. This issue may occur if the following conditions exist: The Messenger service is started. The Remote Procedure Call service is started. Inbound NetBIOS (NetBIOS over TCP/IP) and UDP broadcast traffic is turned on for your Internet connection. RESOLUTION To resolve this issue, install or turn on a firewall that blocks inbound NetBIOS and UDP broadcast traffic. The method that you use to resolve this issue depends on your operating system and how you connect to the Internet. The following sections provide examples of several different configurations and possible methods of resolution. You Connect to the Internet Directly If you use a single computer that is connected to the Internet directly (by using a cable modem, a DSL modem, or a dial-up modem, for example), install a firewall and block inbound NetBIOS and UDPbroadcast traffic on your computer. You Are Running Windows XP If you are running Windows XP and connect to the Internet directly (by using a cable modem, a DSL modem, or a dial-up modem, for example), install Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) and turn on Internet Connection Firewall (ICF). By default, the installation of Windows XP SP1 allows Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) to block all incoming traffic (unicast, multicast, and broadcast). For additional information about this change in ICF blocking behavior in Windows XP SP1, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 329928 ICF Now Blocks Unsolicited Inbound Unicast, Multicast, and Broadcast Traffic For additional information about how to obtain Windows XP SP1, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 322389 How to Obtain the Latest Windows XP Service Pack For additional information about how to turn on ICF, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 283673 HOW TO: Enable or Disable Internet Connection Firewall in Windows XP You Are Running Windows 2000 If you are running Windows 2000 and connect to the Internet directly (by using a cable modem, a DSL modem, or a dial-up modem, for example), obtain and install a third-party firewall product that blocks inbound NetBIOS and UDP broadcast traffic. For additional information about firewalls, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/firewall.asp You Connect to the Internet Through a Small Network That You Manage If your network uses connection sharing to provide Internet access to multiple computers, install or enable the firewall only on the shared Internet connection. You Are Running Windows XP with ICS If you use Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) in Windows XP to provide Internet access to multiple computers, install Windows XP SP1 on the ICS host computer and turn on ICF only on the ICS host computer. You Are Running Windows with a Hardware Internet Connection Sharing Device If you use a router or other hardware device to provide Internet access to multiple computers, configure the connection sharing device to block inbound NetBIOS and UDP broadcast traffic. Contact the manufacturer of your third-party connection sharing device for more information. You Connect to the Internet Though a Network That You Do Not Manage If you connect to the Internet by using a corporate network or if your Internet service provider (ISP) uses a firewall, ask the network administrator to configure the firewall to block inbound NetBIOS and UDP traffic. Contact your network administrator or ISP for more information. WORKAROUND To work around this issue, turn off the Messenger service. To do so, follow these steps: Click Start, and then click Control Panel (or point to Settings, and then click Control Panel). Double-click Administrative Tools. Double-click Services. Double-click Messenger. In the Startup type list, click Disabled. Click Stop, and then click OK. Note If the Messenger service is stopped, messages from the Alerter service (notifications from your antivirus software, for example) are not transmitted. If the Messenger service is turned off, any services that explicitly depend on the Messenger service do not start, and an error message is logged in the System event log. For this reason, Microsoft recommends that you install a firewall and configure it to block NetBIOS and RPC traffic instead of turning off the Messenger service. MORE INFORMATION The Messenger service uses UDP ports 135, 137, and 138; TCP ports 135, 139, and 445; and an ephemeral (that is, short-lived) port number greater than 1024. In addition to preventing net send messages, a firewall can also protect your computer from other malicious attacks over the Internet. These attacks can be designed to perform the following tasks: Access your private information Distribute software illegally by appropriating space on your hard disk For additional information about this issue, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/pro/using/howto/communicate/version45/stopspam.asp Source: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330904 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: huge pop up ads Sunday, June 8, 2003 at 4:17 pm Posted by Anonymous (9 messages posted) I wouldn't even give those stopmessenger.com ppl the web traffic (they're spammer scum). They're just trying to charge you money to do simple tasks (clear history, turn off a service, etc...) or something probably even more crafty. Just learn how to disable the messenger service and be done with it... Oh, get a firewall too :] p] On Thursday, May 29, 2003 at 8:24 am, ChrisM wrote: >Hello how are you doing my name is Chris. I was in the same boat I have compuserve >. And I was getting the same popups. I tried every popup stopper out there and nothing >stopped these ads. Finally I tried Message Stopper and believe it or not it works >great . And it is FREE . Give it a try it worked for me. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum