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"Messenger spam" invades desktops
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| Supertech 2002-10-17, 2:55 pm |
| Just when you thought e-mail spam was bad enough, along comes Direct Advertiser software, which can send pop-up messages directly to users' desktops. These pop-up messages appear even if the user is not in e-mail or an Internet browser. The software utilizes Microsoft's Messenger Windows service, which is turned on by default (on WinNT, 2000, and XP systems) and used by administrators to send messages to users on the network. This is different from the MSN Messenger instant message software.
The whole story and directions to "opt out".
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2...21017016848.htm | |
| Mr. Linux Guy 2002-10-17, 2:58 pm |
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Originally posted by Supertech
Just when you thought e-mail spam was bad enough, along comes Direct Advertiser software, which can send pop-up messages directly to users' desktops. These pop-up messages appear even if the user is not in e-mail or an Internet browser. The software utilizes Microsoft's Messenger Windows service, which is turned on by default (on WinNT, 2000, and XP systems) and used by administrators to send messages to users on the network. This is different from the MSN Messenger instant message software.
The whole story and directions to "opt out".
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2...21017016848.htm
Solution: www.freebsd.org | |
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| Webmaster 2002-10-17, 4:21 pm |
| Thanks for this link. I have recently started to get the messanger ads and I though that somehow I must have installed this crap from some website.
I'm glad it's so easy to disable it, just set the Messanger servise start up to Manual.
This article saved my a lot of troubles | |
| enforcer 2002-10-18, 3:53 am |
| i think ruscorp was on about this recently |
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