To: Protagoras
If you don't have a firewall, you can get popup messages that use your Widows message service. this is not the same as instant messenger and has nothing to do with your browser. The popups are harmless, but they can't be stopped with anything but a firewall. I find ZoneAlarm (free version, not the trial) works well and is easy to use.
35 posted on
09/12/2003 9:09:47 AM PDT by
js1138
To: js1138
>>The popups are harmless, but they can't be stopped with anything but a firewall<<
They can be stopped by turning off the messenger service. This is not MSN messenger, it's called messenger in the services control panel under administrative tools in the windows control panel.
Disable it. I can't think of any admin that uses it instead of Email these days.
-Mal
41 posted on
09/12/2003 9:13:50 AM PDT by
Malsua
To: js1138
I have a firewall. Maybe I'll try a different one.
43 posted on
09/12/2003 9:15:34 AM PDT by
Protagoras
(Putting government in charge of morality is like putting pedophiles in charge of children.)
To: js1138
If you don't have a firewall, you can get popup messages that use your Widows message service. this is not the same as instant messenger and has nothing to do with your browser. The popups are harmless, but they can't be stopped with anything but a firewall. I don't believe that is true. Rather than install a firewall, you can simply disable Windows Messenger Service.
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