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re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages' Thursday, August 28, 2003 at 5:09 pm Posted by Ricer46 (21956 messages posted) Does turning off the messages service harm my computer in any way? no Is it easy to enable the message service again? yes Is there another firewall that will protect my computer better than the Windows firewall and stop the pop ups? You might get a router that has a built-in firewall, will cost you $40-$50. On Thursday, August 28, 2003 at 5:00 pm, Gayle wrote: >I >Does turning off the messages service harm my computer in any way? Is it easy to >enable the message service again? I have the Windows firewall turned on but it does >not stop the pop up ads. Is there another firewall that will protect my computer >better than the Windows firewall and stop the pop ups? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages' Thursday, August 28, 2003 at 5:53 pm Posted by Steve (21542 messages posted) The messenger service is for internal communication inside a network of many computers, like the type a large company might have. It has no practical use for a home user. It has nothing to do with Windows messenger service. Some people get confused between the two. On Thursday, August 28, 2003 at 5:00 pm, Gayle wrote: >I >Does turning off the messages service harm my computer in any way? Is it easy to >enable the message service again? I have the Windows firewall turned on but it does >not stop the pop up ads. Is there another firewall that will protect my computer >better than the Windows firewall and stop the pop ups? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages' Thursday, August 28, 2003 at 6:45 pm Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE (4310 messages posted) MS tweaked the default settings for the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) built into XP in Service Pack 1/1a, and that tweaking is capable of stopping classic Messenger Service spam popups. If you do not have XP SP1/1a, this is a good reason to apply it. If you do have SP1/1a, did not mess with the ICF settings, and are still getting popup spam, it's most likely that these are not Messenger Service popups. One of the many available popup stoppers should either reduce or almost eliminate the popups. I just notice that Google's new toolbar has a built-in popup stopper. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages' Thursday, August 28, 2003 at 9:33 pm Posted by Steve (21542 messages posted) I have been using Googles popup blocker for awhile, and it works great. I have always had my XP box's configured where they don't recieve messenger spam, so I can't vouch for how it works on it, but regular web popups are gone without notice. On Thursday, August 28, 2003 at 6:45 pm, Dan Sarandrea, MCSE wrote: >MS tweaked the default settings for the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) built >into XP in Service Pack 1/1a, and that tweaking is capable of stopping classic Messenger >Service spam popups. > >If you do not have XP SP1/1a, this is a good reason to apply it. > >If you do have SP1/1a, did not mess with the ICF settings, and are still getting >popup spam, it's most likely that these are not Messenger Service popups. > >One of the many available popup stoppers should either reduce or almost eliminate >the popups. I just notice that Google's new toolbar has a built-in popup stopper. [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