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    Messenger Service Popups

    About 4 months ago, I started to get these popups while connected to the internet. Basically, a window pops up with a message. It appears to be part of XP, but isn't part of MS Messenger, as far as I can tell. No odd processes are started to give me a clue as to where it's coming from.

    Of course, I want these killed ASAP, while still being able to surf (Mozilla) and swap files (eMule). This with a cable modem, always-on connection.

    Anybody have a clue on what to set to stop this instrusion? I am trying ZoneAlarm, but it's confusing and doesn't seem to work sometimes. Then it costs after a certain time.
    Last edited by DanS; August 3, 2003, 15:39.
    I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
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  • #2
    is it an MSN Today window?
    Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
    "I don't believe in giving scripting languages because the only additional power they give users is the power to create bugs." - Mike Breitkreutz, Firaxis

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    • #3
      I don't believe so. It's just like a normal Windows pop-up with an "OK" button.
      I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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      • #4
        Oh. What's it say?
        Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
        "I don't believe in giving scripting languages because the only additional power they give users is the power to create bugs." - Mike Breitkreutz, Firaxis

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        • #5
          It just contains spam. Penis enlargement. Porn sites. Debt reduction. That sort of thing.
          I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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          • #6
            Hmmm, sounds dodgy...something has installed one of those dodgy ad programs that pop them up now and again. I'd try and purge it from your system...piece of sh*t...
            Speaking of Erith:

            "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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            • #7
              I'd blame Poly for it
              Speaking of Erith:

              "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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              • #8
                We've had loads of threads on this.

                It's nothing too sinister, it's just that for some daft reason NETSEND is activated by default in XP Home.

                It's intended for network admins to send a message to everyone on the system, but it can be exploited by spammers.

                There's a very easy way to disable it ... but I've forgotten how. No doubt someone else will be along to explain it later.
                If I'm posting here then Counterglow must be down.

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                • #9
                  Message from Glonkybabes:

                  Tell DanS to go to Control Panel -> Admin Tools -> Services, and right click "Messenger", go to Properties. Then hit Stop and select "Disabled" from the dropdown
                  Speaking of Erith:

                  "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                  • #10


                    That was quicker than I thought.
                    If I'm posting here then Counterglow must be down.

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                    • #11
                      Muchos gracias, glonkybabes.
                      I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                      • #12
                        Hey Glonk,

                        I have formatted all of my machines and am installing Gentoo Linux on it!!!

                        Death to Micro$oft Windoze/Windblows!!!!

                        We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

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                        • #13
                          No Asher.... ??????
                          Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
                          Then why call him God? - Epicurus

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by alva
                            No Asher.... ??????
                            He's away I think - time to post lots of anti-MS threads.

                            Oh, hi Ming....



                            Well, perhaps not...
                            Only feebs vote.

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                            • #15
                              He's away I think - time to post lots of anti-MS threads.
                              What do you mean you think? You were on last night too and you know damn well what he got vacation time for.

                              Apolyton Civilization Site
                              http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=93782

                              Apolyton Civilization Site
                              http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=93780

                              and mostly this one
                              Apolyton Civilization Site
                              http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=93777
                              "Luck's last match struck in the pouring down wind." - Chris Cornell, "Mindriot"

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