They are not Legit! Do the basic sweeps to get rid of the popups! Spysweeper,
Ad aware, Spybot etc. Don't forget your AntiVirus.
Ivan
----- Original Message -----
From: pekoe4849
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 9:03 AM
Subject: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Re: Pop boxes from Windows Messenger
Paris, I tried to download Shoot the Messenger, but it never would
download. I tried several times, but it just seemed to get stuck
during the download. I left it going for 15 min and it's only
something like a 634 KB file. So I went into the Administration Tools
and disabled Messenger. That seems to have worked so far.
Thanks for your response.
Diane
--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> In a message dated 11/17/2006 05:42:32 GMT Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> While my computer was in the shop they went ahead and installed a
> fresh copy of XP on the new drive. I'd forgotten what a pain that
> would be. Now I'm getting pop-up boxes every few minutes. There are
> two different ones.....
>
> 1. "download Registry Cleaner from www.msreg.com"
>
> 2. "Message from SECURITY to ALERT....STOP!...Download Registry
> Repair from www.regdoctorpro.com"
>
> Are these messages legit? On my previous XP installation I
> disabaled "Windows Messenger". Now I'll have to find where I did
> that. It's been a long time. What is it's purpose anyway?
>
> I installed ZoneAlarm and AVG anti-virus tonight. That's it for
now.
> I've got to get to bed. Any other recommendations for protection
> that I should install? I had several spyware detectors and such
> installed before, but of course they're gone now. Since I'm
> starting 'fresh', I might as well find out what the latest
> recommendations are. :)
>
> Thanks,
> Diane
>
>
>
> ^v^ ^v^ ^v^~~~~ Paris's Reply ~~~~^v^ ^v^ ^v^
>
> Diane
>
> Quick reply install Shoot the Messenger
> _http://www.grc.com/stm/shootthemessenger.htm_ (http://www.grc.com/
stm/shootthemessenger.htm)
>
>
> Paris
> _http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/
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a_ztechnicalcomputersupportforall/)
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