Anybody else getting popups here?

[Dan Murphy]

Don't usually get them on the DIS.

 

[Jenn]

Yes - just got one for Orbitz.

 

[aahmom1]

I've been getting a ton of pop-ups lately.

 

[Toby'sFriend]

I mostly quit getting pop-ups once I turned Windows Messenger off. It's a security risk anyway so unless you're on a network where the administrator needs to be able to broadcast messages, it's better to turn it off.

Here is an article from PCWorld on the subject


http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,107754,00.asp

 

[aahmom1]

How do you turn it off?

 

[Toby'sFriend]

Turn Off the Messenger
Windows Messenger services use NetBios, a standard protocol that enables communication among systems on a network. You can deactivate NetBios in Windows NT and Windows 2000 by a series of commands that block the NetBIOS ports (ports 135-139).

First, go to Start, Settings, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and Services. Next, select Messenger from the list and right-click; then select Properties. Last, select the Stop button and then Startup Type and finally Disable.

Windows XP users wishing to turn off Windows Messenger service should go to Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance and select Administrative Tools.

Next, follow the same steps as you would with 2000 and select Messenger from the list. Right-click and select Properties. Select the Stop button, choose Startup Type, and then pick Disable.

 

[Carl]

I get it and I have a Mac with IE. When I use Netscape, I don't get the pop up. However, Netscape does other weird things.

 

[Ronan]

Yesterday I was getting a pop up log in screen asking for name and password.
Is that what you mean?

 

[olena]

I'm not getting any popups, Dan.

 

[Rhonda]

Hi Dan! No, I haven't gotten any popups here either!

 

[helenabear]

Nope, none here at home or at work, Dan.

 

[dandave]

I got the PW pop-up yesterday, but nothing at all this afternoon.

 

[WebmasterAlex]

The password pop up was a problem on our server. It was not any kind of a security risk even if you filled it out.
The other ones aren't coming from us.

 

[Saffron]

Nope, no pop ups here.

 

[CarolA]

Toby's Friend,
Thanks!

I think this may stop those horrible messenger popup I have been getting. My popup software blocker was not stopping them, but I think this is the thing the senders were using!

 

[I <3 Eeyore]

I disabled it a while back because I was getting so many of the pesky things. The other thing I did was download Ad-Aware and run it. I pulled about 400 spyware and other data miner files off my computer. It made a huge difference in the number of popup ads I saw after that.

 

[sm4987]

count me in. I usually don't get popups, but lately..........Enough already!!!

 

[one_cat]

I haven't seen any pop-ups either. That would be really scary to see pop-ups that aren't being initiated by the host site.

 

[Joanne M]

Funny you should ask. I just got a pop-up as I was going to read your post. I forgot I had Pop-Up Stopper disabled, so I turned it back on.