Tangent 21 - Strange popup

Posted by
Samphirette

Posted on
21:35
Sep 01 2003

Strange popup

OK we've had a firewall that blocks pop ups in gerneral for ages, but a couple of times this week (this is the first time I've seen it) we've had this one come up

Messenger Service

Message from COMPUTER ALERT to COMPUTER USER on 9/1/2003 9:27:47 PM

***SECURITY WARNING***

The receipt of this message confirms a possible *Security Risk* on your computer. Your Messenger Service is open to Internet Attackers!

To stop these Messenger PopUps and protect yourself please go to www.BYEBYEADS.com

Pressing OK will not take you to www.BYEBYEADS.com so write down the website before pressing ok

Needless to say msn messenger isn't on - the only other things open at the moment are ebay, google, deadjournal, this and outlook

Has anyone else been getting this one recently?

Any ideas?

(Edited by Samphirette 01/09/2003 21:37)

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Stoo There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence.

Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services

Look for the Messenger Service and disable it (It's not the same as MSN, so don't worry

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Posted: 21:42 Sep 01 2003

Taz Extra medication for all - Pilz-e

I lu'you!

I've been looking for this for ages to turn it off!

Posted: 22:16 Sep 01 2003

Samphirette To you I guess I'm just a clown who picks you up each time you're down

Taz, if you ask you get a response

The system works

Posted: 22:22 Sep 01 2003

Taz Extra medication for all - Pilz-e

This is true. :month:

The only problem was that I couldn't remember what it was or why I wanted it disabled! *snigger*

Posted: 22:27 Sep 01 2003

Keenangel *Fourteen phonecalls a night??!!*

I got this one constantly and then my PC got sick with a virus (the kwBOT.c git) which took my techie bro-in law hours to get out of my computer. Needless to say i'm now firewalled and anti-virussed up to the proverbial eyeballs.

I'm not saying they're connected, but it was a damned irritating pop up.

Posted: 00:03 Sep 02 2003