popus in XP

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Thu Oct 24, 2002 10:55 pm

Every now and then I get a grey box pop up (kinda like a network message) with spam crap
stuff like visit my site ... copy in bowser
with an OK button

anyone know what this is and how to stop it?
next time I get one Ill take a screen shot to help out

it shows their IP and such

CaterpillarAssassin · Thu Oct 24, 2002 11:25 pm

yeah go into ur services and disable the messenger service

canton_kid · Post by **canton_kid** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 3:18 am

I am getting random popups at sites like yahoo and ebay I don't think they are doing, plus other places also.

How is it to shut that down?

I have 2000 pro. Is that a trash file on my system causing it or in the browser.

I have spybot AND Adaware, never have found the problem causing the popups.

canton_kid · Post by **canton_kid** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 3:26 am

Oh yea, I just deleted some add on in the downloaded files that was a bunch of garbled charactors,
Haven't got the popups yet tonight.

I have tiny personal firewall set up, and it has detected several attemps to enter my system from places I don't know on the net since then also.

Just got one now! Anyone know what this is?

Someone on address pD9E29168.dip.t-dialin.net [217.226.145.104] wants to send ICMP packet to your machine

It Just came in, for no apparent reason!
only this message box on PCA and a window with Yahoo open, but Idle for 30 minutes are running.

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 9:52 pm

Here is the latest one I got:

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 9:54 pm

I went to control panel...admin tools...services....and disabled messenger

Hope that helps.

CaterpillarAssassin · Sat Oct 26, 2002 12:08 am

thats exactly what I said to do

your welcome

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Sat Oct 26, 2002 2:28 pm

shows to be disabled but guess what...
it is running again and I got another message...
Grrrrrrrrrr

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sat Oct 26, 2002 5:59 pm

Man there HAS to be some kind of Spyware installed. I've never seen anything like that.

"Yes, penguins CAN fly. Want to see me fly? Shoot me in the face with a Desert Eagle..."
(My standard reply to people on game servers who tell me penguins can't fly)

Schwartz · Post by **Schwartz** » Sat Oct 26, 2002 11:51 pm

It's the new rage in spamming. They just punch in a range of IPs and let the program go. It's gets your PC to display the messege through the messenger service. Like was stated earlier just disable the messenger service unless you need it. I'm sitting behind a linksys router so I have never seen one here but I have seen it elsewhere.

CaterpillarAssassin · Post by **CaterpillarAssassin** » Sun Oct 27, 2002 1:29 am

LOL FP. I didnt even realize i was using ur name!

VooDoo · Post by **VooDoo** » Sun Oct 27, 2002 1:31 am

Originally posted by RubberDuckie
Here is the latest one I got:

i get that one on my yahoo account

me

Tomuchtime · Post by **Tomuchtime** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 11:27 pm

Here's an explaination, sort of.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/1 ... index.html

Danielm7 · Post by **Danielm7** » Tue Oct 29, 2002 9:09 am

Do you run a firewall? Make sure port 137 incoming is blocked, I've been getting pages of requests to hit that and they all are rejected.

TheSovereign · Post by **TheSovereign** » Tue Oct 29, 2002 9:53 am

135 137 138 139 both tcp and udp

do them all it will definately help u