Fighting Back Against Messenger Popup SPAM

Posted by Cliff on Wednesday December 25, 2002 @03:20PM from the next-generation-of-annoyance dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "I recently re-installed XP (out of boredom and not necessity) and forgot to turn off the Windows Messaging service. Things were going fine, until today. I started getting those annoying popups again. I realize that I can turn off this service and I'll no longer get the messages, but, I want a way to 'take back the internet' and not have to worry about others getting these messages either. Normally, these messages are the typical University Degree spam, but the last one I got was for a piece of software that turns off the messaging service. And as everyone knows, there are some people on the net who'll pay for this. So, how can the people of the net fight back to ensure that these messages stop, and more importantly, these people stop preying on the less-technically inclined?"

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it's called a firewall... by seigniory · 2002-12-25 15:53 · Score: 1, Flamebait

It's called a firewall -- block port 139 and shut the hell up you whiny baby.

Do you lock your car when you leave it at night? No? Let's find a way to take back your driveway!! I wonder what we could do?

Do you keep cookies in a jar where the kids can get to it? No? Let's find away to take back the Oreos and Chips Ahoys!!! I wonder if the slashdot community can help you?

Stop worrying about "taking back the internet" when you, personally, never had it in the first place. Last I checked, it's not illegal to send packets or emails or whetever to random people on whetever port you want to.

These kinds of things will happen if you're stupid about how you connect your computer to a hostile environment. Get you rear out of your arse and plug the hole instead of rising up on some majestic soapbox as a wannabe internet vigilante.