Is there anything else I can do to stop popups without paying for another program?
Answer Hi Christine, Recently, I received an almost-desperate e-mail from a friend. He was being blitzed by pop-up ads. My friend didn’t even have his browser open; he was working in Word. He wasn’t imagining this problem. Spam artists have found a way into computers. They use an obscure utility called Messenger Service that is part of Windows XP and 2000. Messenger Service is used by administrators to send notices to network computers. If, for example, an emergency arises and the network has to be shut down, an administrator can use Messenger Service to warn people on the system that they should save their work. Messenger Service should not be confused with Windows Messenger, an instant messaging system included in XP. Disabling your instant messaging service will have no effect on this problem. Victims are swamped with ads. Most have no idea what hit them.Several companies are selling software to facilitate these attacks. Spammers use it to sniff hundreds of thousands of computers. W
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