This popped up on my screen this afternoon. And something like it popped up a few months back. I just downloaded and ran AdAware 6 to see if some spyware could be to blame but didn’t find anything.
Later Thanks to the timely intervention of Simon Forrest I found out this problem is due to an obscure feature built into Windows NT, 2000 and XP for network admins to use to warn of network shutdowns and the like, and thanks to “Res the Sorceror” I found out how to fix the problem:
“Go to control panel. Double-click on Administrative Tools select Services, scroll down to Messenger, go to properties, change Auto to Disabled.”
So if this has happened to you that’s how to fix it. Hope this helps!movies squirtnude movie sceneslesbian big movieerotic moviesclips movie hentaistriptease moviesmovies bestialityfree animal movies sex Map
It’s a form of spam that uses the Windows Messenger service to pop up messages. The Messenger service is designed to allow simple text messages to be sent across a network – eg from a sysadmin to tell you that the server’s going to be shut down etc. It works from the “net send” command and the Alerter service. It’s nothing to do with the Windows Messenger IM application.
Provided you don’t depend on it for anything else, you can stop the service (and set it to manual startup so it doesn’t re-start when you re-boot) to avoid the pop-ups. I’m not a network guru, so I don’t know if it has any side effects, but I’ve not seen any on systems where I’ve disabled it. It’s listed in the Services app as “Messenger”.
Comment by Simon Forrest — 17 May 2003 @ 11:36 pm
I’ve never heard of anyone spamming with that. I’m behind a router so my computer’s actual IP is hidden from the internet. That’s another way to stop that, and yet still preserve their usefulness within your own private network–although I don’t really use them. We used to mess around with them just to be annoying or confuse others using the computers on my network. I used to change my computer name to “WINDOWS” so they would recieve a message saying “Message from WINDOWS. Hard drive is corrupt, please reformat.” And watch them freak out.
Comment by NCS — 18 May 2003 @ 4:35 am
I’ve never heard of anyone spamming with that. I’m behind a router so my computer’s actual IP is hidden from the internet. That’s another way to stop that, and yet still preserve their usefulness within your own private network–although I don’t really use them. We used to mess around with them just to be annoying or confuse others using the computers on my network. I used to change my computer name to “WINDOWS” so they would recieve a message saying “Message from WINDOWS. Hard drive is corrupt, please reformat.” And watch them freak out.
Comment by NCS — 18 May 2003 @ 4:36 am
If you paid for the utility, you got ripped off. To turn off these messages, it’s actually really easy without any extra software. In Administrator Tools > Services, scroll down to Messenger, go to properties, change Auto to Disabled. Easy. Have a nice day. 🙂
Comment by Res the Sorcerer — 18 May 2003 @ 9:45 pm
I didn’t pay for it but thanks for the tip – it’s easier to do as you suggested than install a special piece of software just to do that (and I find myself wondering if the free software itself might conceivably be some kind of trojan. I feel more comfortable doing it myself as you suggested anyway. The only reason I didn’t turn it off your way is that I didn’t know to look in the control panel for the administrator tools in the first place.
Comment by David Brake — 18 May 2003 @ 9:59 pm