The port is 139. At our campus we have stopped incoming messages on
port 139, but we allow its usage within the Departments. We have
stopped the unsolicited "pop-up" windows created through the messenger
service while maintaining the service for communications within
research groups.
On Satu
I read about this somewhere but cant quite remember where. they
suggested blocking to ports as windows uses this service internally. i
personally dont know as i dont have any windows machines here. a google
search should show up what ports you need to block. though perhaps you
should block all
I think what you have happening is that some sweet student is issuing, from
the command prompt, the command:
net send
Students shouldn't have access to RUN, CMD, or the command prompt...
Jim
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Adam and Christina Koch wrote:
Unless you really need this service, say your admin has it set up to notify
users of certain events, you can just turn off the service in windows and
the problem(s) should be alleviated.
If you turn off these services you will no longer be able to add, remove or
Gordon Messmer writes
>
> On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 21:11, Buck wrote:
> > I have a problem in Windows that outside users are popping up ads from
> > windows messenger. I am wondering if there is a similar product in
> > RedHat that might be having the same problem. Or, is Red Hat safe from
> >
Thank you Gordon.
That's what I was wondering.
Buck
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> I can't tell what all of them are, but here are the one
On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 21:11, Buck wrote:
> I have a problem in Windows that outside users are popping up ads from
> windows messenger. I am wondering if there is a similar product in
> RedHat that might be having the same problem. Or, is Red Hat safe from
> that junk?
No, there is no similar pr
Adam and Christina Koch writes
>
> Unless you really need this service, say your admin has it set up to notify
> users of certain events, you can just turn off the service in windows and
> the problem(s) should be alleviated.
Of course this still leaves your machine vulnerable to attack thoug
Unless you really need this service, say your admin has it set up to notify
users of certain events, you can just turn off the service in windows and
the problem(s) should be alleviated.
Adam
> I can't tell what all of them are, but here are the ones that popups
> come in on:
> 135, 137, 138, 1
I can't tell what all of them are, but here are the ones that popups
come in on:
135, 137, 138, 139, and 445 (I am not sure about 136). Block these
ports and I believe you block all the popup messages.
Good luck
Buck
<<>>
Here's what's open on my roomies default XP machine.
Your guess is as
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http://gaim.sf.net
Cheers,
Patrick
On Fri, 2003-01-24 at 06:11, Buck wrote:
I have a problem in Windows that outside users are popping up ads fr
Lucas Albers writes
>
> Don't buy any extra hardware; just configure your windows.
> For windows xp turn on the firewall.
> Right click Network Neighborhood>Properties
> Select your Ethernet connection->Properties->Advanced->
> Check the box
> Protect my computer and network by limiting or pre
Friday, January 24, 2003 11:08 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Messenger Popups
>
> Buck writes
> >
> > I have a problem in Windows that outside users are popping up ads from
> > windows messenger. I am wondering if there is a similar product in
> &g
Buck writes
>
> I have a problem in Windows that outside users are popping up ads from
> windows messenger. I am wondering if there is a similar product in
> RedHat that might be having the same problem. Or, is Red Hat safe from
> that junk?
I assume you are connected via DSL/Cable directl
On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 12:11:48AM -0500, Buck wrote:
> I have a problem in Windows that outside users are popping up ads from
> windows messenger. I am wondering if there is a similar product in
> RedHat that might be having the same problem. Or, is Red Hat safe from
> that junk?
This is prob
te that it is used in
some forms of logging, but I haven't missed any of my normal logs yet
Scott Helms
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Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 11:33 AM
Subject: RE: Messenger Popups
>
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On Behalf Of Patrick
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 10:54 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Messenger Popups
http://gaim.sf.net
Cheers,
Patrick
On Fri, 2003-01-24 at 06:11, Buck wrote:
> I have a problem in Windows that outside users are popping up ads from
> w
http://gaim.sf.net
Cheers,
Patrick
On Fri, 2003-01-24 at 06:11, Buck wrote:
> I have a problem in Windows that outside users are popping up ads from
> windows messenger. I am wondering if there is a similar product in
> RedHat that might be having the same problem. Or, is Red Hat safe from
>
I have a problem in Windows that outside users are popping up ads from
windows messenger. I am wondering if there is a similar product in
RedHat that might be having the same problem. Or, is Red Hat safe from
that junk?
Thank you,
Buck
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