Re: On Line Spam

[YK]

JimFor wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm having a problem with ads which appear in the middle of my
> computer screen when I am on the Internet. Don't know where they
> come from but I have two computers and the ads just appear on one
> computer. I have just started asking questions about this and am a
> bit overwhelmed as to the number of possible programs to use to
> prevent this. Any suggestions? What I need to do is to remove the
> program which may generate the ads and make sure ads do not appear
> again.
>
> Thanks

That is an indication that your system is wide open to the Internet. Just
disabling Messenger Service is like sticking your head in the sand and
hoping the problem will go away. There is a CRITICAL update available from
MS that closes one of the vulnerabilities that you should install
immediatly. See the MS Windows Update page for info.

Firewall info. (I use Kerio and very happy with it because it uses very
little system resources)
http://www.firewallguide.com/

[Bart]

"Paul" <paul@streetka.biz> wrote in message
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> In article
> <36XRa.99677$1aB1.33766@news02.bloor.is.net.cable. rogers.com>, YK
> <YKnot@home.invalid> writes
> >JimFor wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm having a problem with ads which appear in the middle of my
> >> computer screen when I am on the Internet. Don't know where they
> >> come from but I have two computers and the ads just appear on one
> >> computer. I have just started asking questions about this and am a
> >> bit overwhelmed as to the number of possible programs to use to
> >> prevent this. Any suggestions? What I need to do is to remove the
> >> program which may generate the ads and make sure ads do not appear
> >> again.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >
> >That is an indication that your system is wide open to the Internet.
Just
> >disabling Messenger Service is like sticking your head in the sand and
> >hoping the problem will go away. There is a CRITICAL update available
from
> >MS that closes one of the vulnerabilities that you should install
> >immediatly. See the MS Windows Update page for info.
> >
> How old is the critical update? I'm using W2K Pro with SP4 applied and
> if I turn the messenger service on I still get the pop-ups.
>
> >Firewall info. (I use Kerio and very happy with it because it uses very
> >little system resources)
> >http://www.firewallguide.com/
> >
> Echoed... Kerio is very good, and easy to configure.
> --
> Paul B The irony of the Information Age is that it has given new
> respectability to uninformed opinion. - John Lawton

Everybody seems to be convinced that it is messenger, but adware is also a
good possibility. Download ad-aware (freeware). It removes all spyware and
ad-ware. No more pop-ups.

[mto]

"Bart" <bartnws@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Paul" <paul@streetka.biz> wrote in message
> news:z9MZJgAopOG$Ewxk@clara.net...
> > In article
> > <36XRa.99677$1aB1.33766@news02.bloor.is.net.cable. rogers.com>, YK
> > <YKnot@home.invalid> writes
> > >JimFor wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> I'm having a problem with ads which appear in the middle of my
> > >> computer screen when I am on the Internet. Don't know where they
> > >> come from but I have two computers and the ads just appear on one
> > >> computer. I have just started asking questions about this and am a
> > >> bit overwhelmed as to the number of possible programs to use to
> > >> prevent this. Any suggestions? What I need to do is to remove the
> > >> program which may generate the ads and make sure ads do not appear
> > >> again.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks
> > >
> > >That is an indication that your system is wide open to the Internet.
> Just
> > >disabling Messenger Service is like sticking your head in the sand and
> > >hoping the problem will go away. There is a CRITICAL update available
> from
> > >MS that closes one of the vulnerabilities that you should install
> > >immediatly. See the MS Windows Update page for info.
> > >
> > How old is the critical update? I'm using W2K Pro with SP4 applied and
> > if I turn the messenger service on I still get the pop-ups.
> >
> > >Firewall info. (I use Kerio and very happy with it because it uses
very
> > >little system resources)
> > >http://www.firewallguide.com/
> > >
> > Echoed... Kerio is very good, and easy to configure.
> > --
> > Paul B The irony of the Information Age is that it has given new
> > respectability to uninformed opinion. - John Lawton
>
> Everybody seems to be convinced that it is messenger, but adware is also a
> good possibility. Download ad-aware (freeware). It removes all spyware and
> ad-ware. No more pop-ups.
>

AdAware free version is great software but it definitely does NOT remove all
spyware and popups. The paid version deals with ads but not the free. I
have no clue how the paid version stacks up against SpyBot Search and
Destroy but Spybot catches a ton of things that the free AdAware does not
touch. Spybot is also free - I use both.

[Paul]

In article <bfc1fs$9ev$1@reader08.wxs.nl>, Bart <bartnws@hotmail.com>
writes
>
>Everybody seems to be convinced that it is messenger, but adware is also a
>good possibility. Download ad-aware (freeware). It removes all spyware and
>ad-ware. No more pop-ups.

I'm running AdAware 6.0, Spybot S&D and Kerio. Have done for ages. I
check for updates every day and scan at each startup with both AdAware
and Spybot. So I know there is no spyware on my system. Makes no
difference, if I turn the messenger service on I get the popups, if I
disable it I get none.

Also running Popupstopper if I have to use IE6, for my browsing I mostly
use Firebird or Avant.
--
Paul B The irony of the Information Age is that it has given new
respectability to uninformed opinion. - John Lawton