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| 122518 | 2003-02-20 02:02:00 | Hey there ppl :) I have a problem with Messenger Service adverts popping up when I'm not even visiting a website. These ads are generally advertising - working from home... how to fix male erection problems (apparently Viagra is the way to go!!! :D)... etc etc etc. There is no set pattern as to when they pop up either. I run XP Pro. Has anyone else had these annoying adverts??? And if so please please please tell me how to remove them from my system!!! Thank you Nicky |
Nicky (112) | ||
| 122519 | 2003-02-20 02:11:00 | Sounds like adware (searchwebservices.techtarget.com) or spyware. Try downloading Ad Aware from Lavasoft USA (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/) to clean up any programs which could be causing it. | honeylaser (814) | ||
| 122520 | 2003-02-20 02:13:00 | Oh, you might want to try Popup Stopper (http://www.panicware.com/) from Panicware as well. It's pretty useful to stop being bombarded with adverts. | honeylaser (814) | ||
| 122521 | 2003-02-20 02:17:00 | Or you could just look in msn messenger itself and disable the option. I can't remember what box it is but i did it the other day. |
roofus (483) | ||
| 122522 | 2003-02-20 03:02:00 | You're kidding me, right? Thats totally dodgy for a MS product to have AdWare running. Perhaps that's why I'm not using it? | honeylaser (814) | ||
| 122523 | 2003-02-20 03:14:00 | Hey thanks for the prompt replies :D I have adaware installed on my computer and it hasnt stopped these ads from appearing. I have also deleted msn messenger from my system also, so ???? I will give popup stopper a go though... see if that helps at all. I will keep you posted :) Nicky |
Nicky (112) | ||
| 122524 | 2003-02-20 03:16:00 | Firstly it's not MSN messenger. If you're on a NT based machine (XP,2K, etc) go to the run box or a command prompt and type net send 127.0.0.1 hello and see what happens. You should get a message pop up showing 'hello'. My first recommendations is to get a firewall (I use Kerio) as a firewall can block these out. You should run a firewall anyway for security reason. My other recommendation is that you disable the messenger service. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 122525 | 2003-02-20 03:17:00 | Also I suggest you all look at this site http://3032.com/ | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 122526 | 2003-02-20 03:24:00 | Super fast delivery of popups - up to 15,000 popups per minute at Twin-Turbo mode (that is 900,000 popups sent per hour and almost 22 Million popups per day!) GOOD GRIEF!!!! Thats alot of popups... GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR X-( |
Nicky (112) | ||
| 122527 | 2003-02-20 03:27:00 | My other recommendation is that you disable the messenger service??? How do I do that JM?? Nicky |
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