Advirtisements Help Me!!!

demonmonkey1234 · Post by **demonmonkey1234** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:03 pm

Does any1 else get those REALLY annoying popups that don't come up from a browser or anything. They just come up out of no where. It's a netsend type thing... I have Windows 2000, and I wanna get rid of them they r really startin to piss me off... Any words of wisdom r much appreciated...

TourGuide · Post by **TourGuide** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:22 pm

That sounds like spyware shiz. Do you have Adaware installed?

demonmonkey1234 · Post by **demonmonkey1234** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:26 pm

see I installed that on my old computer and it made kazaa not work... so I mean I dunno...

blade · Post by **blade** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:29 pm

There is one file that kazaa needs to work, forgot the name. But when you run adaware you can deselect it. It does sound like you have spyware and some will cause that problem. Or aol.

Slugbait · Post by **Slugbait** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 10:50 pm

You are suffering from a NetSend. Now that nearly every computer sold comes with NT installed, advertisers have hooked NetSend to spam to everybody.

Firewalls like ZoneAlarm automatically stop it, if they plug port 139.

Otherwise:
Click on the Start button and open the control panel.
Open the Performance and Maintenance control panel and go to Administrative Tools.
Now double-click on Services, then scroll to Messenger.
Double-click Messenger and click Stop to stop the service.
Change the startup type to Disable

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 10:52 pm

Also, there is a verson of Sisoft that has annoying popups. you have to remove it and some other strange program that has no reason being in your add remove programs...remove them and install a newer sisoft.

Greg

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 2:40 pm

If it's an all text message in a plain message window (like the kind system messages are displayed in) it's Messenger Service broadcast.

Follow Slugbait's instructions. Unless you're on an corporate LAN that uses netsend messages there's no reason for Messenger to be enabled.

What really puzzles me is why MS left it enabled in XP Home when Home is not designed to be used on a corporate LAN.

demonmonkey1234 · Post by **demonmonkey1234** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 6:23 pm

runk :; :kookoo I don't UNDERSTAND!!!!!!!! ... I disabled the messenger... but that very last step about setting the startup type to disable or whatever.... where is that? I think it's so wrong that people can do this crap... Ugh so annoying and I HATE IT!!!

Busby · Post by **Busby** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 8:03 pm

Right click the Messanger service and select Properties, it's in there. I ALWAYS disable messanger and remote registry.