ppl. uve probably been gettin all these stupid popups advertising spyware blockers porn n other crap. i found out how 2 stop em! if u hav XP do the following: start, control panel, performance and maintinence, administrative tools, services, double click on messenger, click stop, change startup type to manual or disabled, click ok and the popups cease! i found this all out at http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,990145,00.asp
it tells u all about the popups and how to disable them!
STOP THE EVIL POPUPS!
Created 20 years ago2004-02-14 21:43:54 UTC by
ministeve
Created 20 years ago2004-02-14 21:43:54 UTC by
ministeve
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-14 21:43:54 UTC
Post #16209
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-14 22:05:10 UTC
Post #16211
With Opera, u can block pop-ups quite easily. Just another reason why it kicks Microsofts butt!
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-14 22:08:02 UTC
Post #16212
Thats the browser pop-ups not the Messenger ones. Thanks for that Ministeve I did it on mine
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-14 22:21:50 UTC
Post #16216
Excellent! Always hated the popups. 
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-14 22:24:46 UTC
Post #16218
lol i dont think anyone likes pop-ups
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-15 03:10:59 UTC
Post #16220
I dont get pop ups. Do you go to "sites"?
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-15 04:21:48 UTC
Post #16224
Not those kind of pop-ups... when I first got cable I would get "windows messages" like 'If you pay me $5 via paypal I'll tell you how to stop getting these messages'. I wonder if anyone actually paid...
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-15 04:26:26 UTC
Post #16225
Or you could download a firewall, like ZoneAlarm (free).
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-15 05:44:37 UTC
Post #16229
Ad-aware 6 is waht you want
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-15 05:53:06 UTC
Post #16231
It's not adware nor spyware, but a network messenger service that's part of Windows.
Try it - type "net send" in a DOS prompt while running an affected OS and with the service running.
Try it - type "net send" in a DOS prompt while running an affected OS and with the service running.
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-15 06:01:51 UTC
Post #16234
and its precisely the reason its enabled by default that bastard scammers like www.stopthesepopupsnow.com exist.
$25 for a visual c++/c# program probably taken off of a tutorial site that disables a service in XP.. and they suprisingly advertise the site through, you guessed it, the messenger service!
$25 for a visual c++/c# program probably taken off of a tutorial site that disables a service in XP.. and they suprisingly advertise the site through, you guessed it, the messenger service!
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-15 06:13:39 UTC
Post #16238
hmm, i got google toolbar it blocks every popup befor you even seen it 
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-15 09:15:49 UTC
Post #16239
pepper, please, go kill yourself
then come back and read the thread
or stop trying to be sarcastic
then come back and read the thread
or stop trying to be sarcastic
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-15 09:51:06 UTC
Post #16241
Guaranteed to stop any kind of messenger popup no matter what software is used to send it.Wow! That's so amazing! Even Messenger?
Look, they can't even spell (caption for first button):
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-15 10:14:07 UTC
Post #16245
tehehe
moral of the story: Messenger is crap -
moral of the story: Messenger is crap -
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-15 10:27:57 UTC
Post #16248
jobabob, that wasnt ment to be sarcastic
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-15 11:09:09 UTC
Post #16251
Oh, please realise that the Messenger service is different from MSN/Windows Messenger.
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-15 13:43:12 UTC
Post #16261
IRC 4 3//-
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-15 15:51:44 UTC
Post #16270
dont tell me most of u didnt even read this thread. did u even visit the link either?
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-15 16:16:56 UTC
Post #16275
I read the entire thread as ever, didn't bother with your link because I know how to stop services, but looked at job's cos it looked interesting.
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-16 06:28:19 UTC
Post #16319
LOL i have zonealarm and adaware...man i like the free stuff 
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-16 14:56:33 UTC
Post #16354
oh for gods sake, does anyone other than 7th actually understand what the messenger service is NOT?
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-16 15:46:44 UTC
Post #16356
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-16 16:13:53 UTC
Post #16360
i cant take any more of this. when i said popups i meant adverts appearing on your screen as long as u were connected 2 the internet. the aint popups like adverts u get from websites, but messages sent through the windows messenger system (not msn messenger). these can be disabled by doing what i said in the 1st post. aslo take a look at the link i provided. these are NOT popups u can block with slyware nuker or adaware or anything else.
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-17 22:09:58 UTC
Post #16447
go onto a large network domain and type NET SEND * and some text, just watch how quickly they ban you! 
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-18 11:08:20 UTC
Post #16484
Eh, Ministeve i never get werid popups(i have b-ban though), it must be spyware.
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-18 16:20:08 UTC
Post #16508
For god's sake stop. It is not goddamn spyware!
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-19 05:35:59 UTC
Post #16556
can you close this thread or just edit it to say 'you are all tards, goto this site now and buy the software or your pc will explode', like they'd know any different..
Posted 20 years ago2004-02-19 06:02:03 UTC
Post #16558
Read this before you comment.
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