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Messenger Service Popups

Popup windows while you're surfing the net are one thing, but now its possible for you to get popups by just being connected to the Internet. Have you gotten a popup like the image shown at right? These types of "messages" are received through the "net send" Messenger service in Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

The "net send" Messenger service can be used by unauthorized users of your computer, without gaining any kind of privileged access, to cause a pop-up window to appear on your computer. Lately, this feature has been used by unsolicited commercial advertisers to inform many Internet users about a "university diploma service". Not only do users have spam coming into their email inboxes, but Windows users now have spam popping up on their screen.

The best way to stop these popups is by installing and configuring a personal firewall. This also secures your computer against many other unauthorized uses. There are hundreds of differ net personal firewall options available to computer users. Unfortunately, VISP Data Not Found