Results 1 to 9 of 9

Thread: Net Sends

  1. Mar 1st, 2004, 03:15 PM #1
    TGCid
    TGCid is offline

    Thread Starter
    New Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Posts
    2

    Net Sends

    Does anyone know the process of how to block net sends?
    Some idiotic websites keeping sending me some and it's really making me angry.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. Mar 1st, 2004, 03:32 PM #2
    VisionIT
    VisionIT is offline
    Fanatic Member VisionIT's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2002
    Location
    Workin'...
    Posts
    718
    Install a firewall, which you should have anyway... or just goto:

    1. Start
    2. Run
    3. CMD (2000/NT/XP) or command (95/98/Me)

    Then type

    net stop messenger

    Which will disable it. I'de still recommend installing a firewall though... you're are at risk if you don't. There are a few people who will not slag this comment off, and give their opinion on firewalls, just ignore them.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. Mar 2nd, 2004, 02:24 AM #3
    mendhak
    mendhak is offline
    I'm about to be a PowerPoster! mendhak's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2002
    Location
    Ulaan Baator GooGoo: Frog
    Posts
    38,170
    Firewalls are reccommended by evil people such as VisionIT... just look at his post count. He's almost there...
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. Mar 2nd, 2004, 05:12 AM #4
    VisionIT
    VisionIT is offline
    Fanatic Member VisionIT's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2002
    Location
    Workin'...
    Posts
    718
    LOL

    I'm there!!!

    *Sing*
    I am evil vision... I am evil vision
    **Sing**
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. Mar 2nd, 2004, 06:40 AM #5
    Ideas Man
    Ideas Man is offline
    Frenzied Member Ideas Man's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2002
    Location
    Australia
    Posts
    1,718
    If you have Windows XP, turn the firewall on that comes with that. It may seem dumb but it blocks lots of harmful things including that i think. Stay tuned for the new firewall in Windows XP SP2 though, it is very good, a lot more user friendly and more configurable too, bit like ZoneAlarm.
    I use Microsoft Visual Basic 2005. (Therefore, most code samples I provide will be based around the .NET Framework v2.0, unless otherwise specified)
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. Mar 2nd, 2004, 07:35 AM #6
    VisionIT
    VisionIT is offline
    Fanatic Member VisionIT's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2002
    Location
    Workin'...
    Posts
    718
    I'm running SP2 'ere... and it's superb! Very quick, very stable and the firewall is good, but still not a patch on shorewall
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. Mar 2nd, 2004, 07:41 AM #7
    Ideas Man
    Ideas Man is offline
    Frenzied Member Ideas Man's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2002
    Location
    Australia
    Posts
    1,718
    For the average consumer, it's not available, and it is more than sufficient for everybody to use.
    I use Microsoft Visual Basic 2005. (Therefore, most code samples I provide will be based around the .NET Framework v2.0, unless otherwise specified)
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. Mar 2nd, 2004, 09:19 AM #8
    VisionIT
    VisionIT is offline
    Fanatic Member VisionIT's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2002
    Location
    Workin'...
    Posts
    718
    It's made by Microsoft... do you really believe it's sufficient?

    Nah... it's not that bad really, just not suitable if you want the machine really secure.

    Just to be clear though.... service pack 2 is still in beta stage, and I wouldn't advise you install it on your primary machine.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  11. Mar 2nd, 2004, 06:38 PM #9
    alphanumeric
    alphanumeric is offline
    Member alphanumeric's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2003
    Location
    Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Posts
    62
    Shoot the messenger
    PC performance buffs have long measured hardware advances using a few simple metrics: Is it faster? Is it bigger? Does it have more blinky lights?
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules


Click Here to Expand Forum to Full Width