Is this just a regular pop up?????

[FUSCUCLA1]

Im getting a new set of pop ups lately. The window is grey with a blue title bar, looks like an MS OS window. The title always says "messenger service" and the window text is an advertisement for something (usually AV software)with just a button to click OK. Is this coming through some sort of messenger service I activated/installed/downloaded by mistake? Or is it the new generation of pop ups designed to fool the average user into clicking ok?

I decided to attach a pic of it.....

[Leaf001]

yes, I get them as well

[King GTS]

Originally Posted by FUSCUCLA1

Im getting a new set of pop ups lately. The window is grey with a blue title bar, looks like an MS OS window. The title always says "messenger service" and the window text is an advertisement for something (usually AV software)with just a button to click OK. Is this coming through some sort of messenger service I activated/installed/downloaded by mistake? Or is it the new generation of pop ups designed to fool the average user into clicking ok?

I decided to attach a pic of it.....

These are the ones that I ALWAYS have gotten. Until Jerome gave us a link to that Free Pop Up Stopper program. Now I NEVER get ANY pop ups. I use to have t least 40-50 in the morning, and got them all day long.

[Sheyster]

It's a Messenger service pop-up. If you're using Win 2000 Pro or Win XP Pro or home, it can be disabled. If you're using Win98 or Win Me you can't disable it through the O/S. What are you using?

[Sgt. Snatch]

True.....its just people being dumbasses on your network it is disabled but I forgot how I did it because I used to get them all the time

[Sheyster]

Anyway, here's the link:

http://www.auburn.edu/oit/security/m...erService.html

You don't need third party software to disable Messenger pop-ups in XP or 2000!

[King GTS]

Originally Posted by Sheyster

Anyway, here's the link:

http://www.auburn.edu/oit/security/m...erService.html

You don't need third party software to disable Messenger pop-ups in XP or 2000!

WOW!!!!!! THANKS Sheyster!! I'm gonna try that too!

[FUSCUCLA1]

I have XP. I just installed and ran Ad-Aware and it found 117 tracking cookies. I deleted them all updated the ad-aware and am running it again.

Thanks for the link on how to disable the pop ups im gonna try it now.

[Nameless]

Just an FYI

Ad-Aware itself is now spyware. They take money from spyware companies who don't want their product found and removed. So, it is a shit product.

Spybot is the only way to fly.

MM

[FUSCUCLA1]

Thanks for the heads up. Deleting NOW..

[FUSCUCLA1]

OK now when I go to expedia I cant see any of the pics of the hotels. I removed the ad-aware AND the spybot and I still dont see the pics. Is this somehow related to any of this? I know expedia was working before I installed these. I even deleted my Kazaa.