cymago wrote:

>
> "Ted Sloan"
> > I have been getting a new type ( for me at any rate ) of pop-up
> > advertisement appearing on my Desktop.
>
> May be direct advertiser
>
>
> http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/117
> http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,55795,00.html
> http://massdirectadvertiser.com/
> You can desactivate the Windows Messenger Service.
>
> cymago
>
>
Thanks to all who have replied. I appreciate your input. I have disabled
Windows Messenger Service so let us see what happens. Have tested my
Firewall against two different Web sites doing such things and get a
good report. The above Web sites are very interesting - hadn't seen them
before.
Regards - Ted