This pop up.. strange..? :confused:
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This pop up.. strange..? :confused:
looks like one of those net send adds their annoying a simple firewall or turning of netbios
rioter
right-o, look here:
http://mynetwatchman.com/kb/security...spam/index.htm
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What you are talking about is a problem that has started to concern M$ (yes they do get concernd about users problems!!!) A company has managed to find a way to use the system administrator message tool and sells the software to let companies do this for about £300 To disable it you also need to disable the feature of most common networkable windows. Its simple to fix.
for those of you who dont want to have to go through 2 sites to find the answer, this works in xp anyway i know
get a dos / command prompt going and type 'net stop messenger' and 'net stop rpclocator'
then in XP (not sure for '98 2k etc), go to your admin tools, from there go to services and scroll down to both 'messenger' and 'rpc locator' and disable and stop both of them, this will prevent these annoying things from being received (thats the theory at least :-)
for those of you who dont want to have to go through 2 sites to find the answer, this works in xp anyway i know
get a dos / command prompt going and type 'net stop messenger' and 'net stop rpclocator'
then in XP (not sure for '98 2k etc), go to your admin tools, from there go to services and scroll down to both 'messenger' and 'rpc locator' and disable and stop both of them, this will prevent these annoying things from being received (thats the theory at least :-)
I posted this on another thread relating to the same problem. There's a tool, small download, that will turn of messenger and a bunch of other things Bill and company seem to think we need that let them invade our computers.
http://www.xpantispy.de/index.html?/news-e.htm
There's a screenshot and simple instructions that even I understood. It comes with preset rules, but you can add to or change them with the click of a box. Haven't had a problem since I downloaded it. It runs only with xp, I think.
I posted this on another thread relating to the same problem. There's a tool, small download, that will turn of messenger and a bunch of other things Bill and company seem to think we need that let them invade our computers.
http://www.xpantispy.de/index.html?/news-e.htm
There's a screenshot and simple instructions that even I understood. It comes with preset rules, but you can add to or change them with the click of a box. Haven't had a problem since I downloaded it. It runs only with xp, I think.
Or look in this thread for ways to stop it:
http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=235901
/nebulus
Or look in this thread for ways to stop it:
http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=235901
/nebulus
I was under the influence that this game with Kazaa, and that this is nothing to do with microsoft as I had messenger for ages and when I got kazaa i started recieving these messages (this was just what i thought so it may be messenger)
As it says on that site Here these are sent using the NET SEND command in MS DOS they can be sent using your IP or HOSTNAME but either can be derived from the other anyway...This is a sign that your system in unsecure and you should do something about it eg. Get a Firewall :P
Trucido
That isn't from MSN Messenger, it's from Windows Messenger an entirely different application.
As Trucido stated it's done through the NET SEND command... and yes there is a company out there that has made an application that automates the NET SEND command for you so you can spam whole chunks of IP address ranges out there. :(
El Diablo
MCSkibadee, are you running Kazaa or any problem that has ad/spyware built into it? Reason I am asking is because lots of people here at my shool have it and my roommate and I always get these messages. I always assumed it was from the stuff that was put into Kazaa.
AcidBurn1213 although the net send messages could originate from with in a piece of spyware, turning off the messaging service will stop it, no matter where it comes from.
How do you turn off the messaging service?
In your advanced TCP/IP setting under the wins tab select Disable netbios. That should do the trick for you.