To: conservativefromGa
Sounds like the old spam-through-messenger service exploit.
I forget how exactly, but you need to turn off a network service to stop it - firwall would help to I believe, but with a dialup, likely just the OS change.
Someone else will come along and give you the details..
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To: conservativefromGa
You could try running adaware and spybot programs. Both are available on the web for free download. If you have anything on your computer drive causing the popups one of these should find it.
Good luck!
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10/08/2003 7:24:07 PM PDT by
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To: conservativefromGa
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10/08/2003 7:35:43 PM PDT by
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To: conservativefromGa
Nothing seems to be working for me! I can't even download the free adaware or popupstopper........ I'm about to pull my hair out here!
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