Unwanted broadcasts from the INternet

[jesus4u]

I just got Earthlink DSL and every day I get one or more grey pop up screens from some dink advertising health products. Can you tell me HOW to block this type of NetSend?

Thanks

[techgnome]

Originally posted by jesus4u
I just got Earthlink DSL and every day I get one or more grey pop up screens from some dink advertising health products. Can you tell me HOW to block this type of NetSend?

Thanks

Get a fire wall....
ZoneLabs has a very good one, and it's free!

[siyan]

Its the messenger service in 2K/XP.

Just poke around in mmc.

[D.Viddy]

Goto Control Panel >> Administrative Tools >> Services and look for the "Messenger" service, then shut it down. You will never get another popup again.

Note: This has nothing to do with Windows Messenger or MSN.

[fungi]

Originally posted by Spetnik
However, if all you do is shut down the messenger service, your PC will still be susceptible to hacker attacks. Hackers look for broadband users and can many times do considerable damage, including credit card theft.

Simple solution to that...

Change the name of your credit file from
All_My_Credit_Card_Numbers.txt
to
No_Credit_Card_Numbers_Here.txt

[Celest]

Originally posted by Spetnik
However, if all you do is shut down the messenger service, your PC will still be susceptible to hacker attacks. Hackers look for broadband users and can many times do considerable damage, including credit card theft.

Just how exactly are broadband users more susceptible to being hacked than say, dial-up users?

All i can think of is a static IP, but any half decent hacker would have no trouble locating the IP of a computer on a dynamic connection.

[fungi]

Originally posted by Spetnik
That would work, but what about those that monitor 16 digit numeric keystrokes? what are you gonna do? copy and paste each time?

Tap gently. It's like whispering...