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JB
25-04-2003, 20:28
For the past couple of days the below message box keeps appearing periodically on my laptop when I'm on the net. It's not related to any program I have downloaded and I can find no trace of it anywhere.

The barsteward is that if it pops up whilst I'm away from the laptop (ie it isn't deleted fairly quickly) everything locks up.



How the hell do I get rid of it?


Edited cos I forgot to post the bloody picture :rolleyes: http://www.mypix.fsnet.co.uk/misc/bloodyannoying.jpg
Duff Man
25-04-2003, 20:44
Is this the windows xp/nt messenger service boxes that pop up and advertise stuff etc? :confused:

If so i know how to get rid of those :)

a guide to halt messenger service can be found here (http://www.andyrathbone.com/tips/netsend.html)
JB
25-04-2003, 20:53
Originally posted by Adam D
Is this the windows xp/nt messenger service boxes that pop up and advertise stuff etc? :confused:

If so i know how to get rid of those :)

a guide to halt messenger service can be found here (http://www.andyrathbone.com/tips/netsend.html)

You are a true star, thanks m8 :)
Duff Man
25-04-2003, 20:55
No probs! :)

Gotta start paying you guys back for lurking for the last year or so :D
Mark
25-04-2003, 20:56
My mate gets something similar about some bird who says Hi and visit www.blahdeblah.com to chat
Yak
25-04-2003, 21:00
Our server a work kept getting messages from some guy looking for young boys in the UK! :eek: :mad: :eek:
Duff Man
25-04-2003, 21:04
You can send them yourself using the 'Netsend' command at a command prompt. Wreaks havock on a college network ;) :D
Mark
25-04-2003, 21:05
Originally posted by Adam D
No probs! :)

Gotta start paying you guys back for lurking for the last year or so :D

Another Essex Boy takes to the SX stage :D

There must be more of us than the rest of you put together :rolleyes: :D
Cookie
25-04-2003, 21:55
Get a firewall, that will stop those popups. (mine does)

C.
david_t
25-04-2003, 22:26
These messages are an exploit in the windows messenger service that some spammers now use. The messenger service was primarily designed to let system administrators contact users of there network. The messages can do your machine no harm but as you are aware extremely annoyiong. Read below on how to stop these messages.

How to set up your system not to receive windows messenger/netbios messages


Windows 2000

Click Start->Settings -> Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Services
Scroll down and highlight "Messenger"
Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties.
Click the STOP button.
Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar
Click OK

Response from my server- It worked for me!