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re: Help: getting rid of Pop ups!! Friday, September 26, 2003 at 8:38 am Posted by nick-h (5 messages posted) Try these: Ad-Aware http://lavasoft.de SpyBotSD http://www.safer-networking.org/ On Friday, September 26, 2003 at 8:33 am, bBb wrote: >I have read the pop up thread and left a message there, >I need immediate help getting rid of this crap - services>messenger>stoped and disabled >already done. How do I get rid of exsisting files on my hardrive? > >I went out and downloaded spyhunter to find out it located 100's of imprints but >you have to buy the removal part - is there any "good" freeware out there to do this? > >thanks in advance! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Help: getting rid of Pop ups!! Friday, September 26, 2003 at 10:25 am Posted by bBb (4 messages posted) thanks Nick, I will check it out! On Friday, September 26, 2003 at 8:38 am, nick-h wrote: >Try these: > >Ad-Aware >http://lavasoft.de > >SpyBotSD >http://www.safer-networking.org/ > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Help: getting rid of Pop ups!! Friday, September 26, 2003 at 6:34 pm Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE (4310 messages posted) Disabling the Messenger Service only removes the symptoms of the "illness." If your system is suffering from Messenger Service popups, the problem is open TCP and UDP ports. The spammers use the open ports to reach the Messenger Service. The solution is a firewall to close the ports! If you don't understand the concept, try the port scan at Steve Gibson's www.grc.com or the port scan at the Symantec web site. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Help: getting rid of Pop ups!! Monday, September 29, 2003 at 5:29 am Posted by bBb (4 messages posted) I currently have a firewall up, I have downloaded a temporary solution stopzilla (it is working for now) I need to find out how to remove all the access files that have been put on my computer to notify the popup... any ideas? thanks in advance. On Friday, September 26, 2003 at 6:34 pm, Dan Sarandrea, MCSE wrote: >Disabling the Messenger Service only removes the symptoms of the "illness." > >If your system is suffering from Messenger Service popups, the problem is open TCP >and UDP ports. The spammers use the open ports to reach the Messenger Service. > >The solution is a firewall to close the ports! > >If you don't understand the concept, try the port scan at Steve >Gibson's www.grc.com or the port scan at the Symantec >web site. [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