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Gettin rid of spam windows messages

  • June 17, 2003 at 1:25 pm

    #82381

    Hi all,

    while surfing from my home pc (and not using linux), I am receiving lots of I guess some kind of net send messages from lots of beautiful girls who just want to meet me.

    How can I stop those messages?

    Is there a good and cheap (best would be free for personal use) firewall solution for windows?

    Cheers,

    Frank

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    Microsoft SQL Server MVP
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  • June 17, 2003 at 3:02 pm

    #461825

    ZoneAlarm works quite well as far as the free version www.zonealarm.com but you are saying net send messages. Just turn off Alerter and set to Manual should fix that if I remember correctly.

  • June 17, 2003 at 10:54 pm

    #461843

    Best one I have found so far is Tiny Personal Firewall. It's free.

    http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny2?la=EN"> http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny2?la=EN

    Cheers,

    Crispin

    Cheers,CrispinI can't die, there are too many people who still have to meet me!It's not a bug, SQL just misunderstood me!

  • June 17, 2003 at 11:54 pm

    #461844

    Thanks, I will evaluate both.

    I've found a list on http://www.homenethelp.com/web/howto/free-firewall.asp .

    Any comments on a product called agnitum outpost?

    quote:

    but you are saying net send messages. Just turn off Alerter and set to Manual should fix that if I remember correctly.

    How do I turn off Alerter?

    Cheers,

    Frank

    --
    Frank Kalis
    Microsoft SQL Server MVP
    Webmaster: http://www.insidesql.org/blogs
    My blog: http://www.insidesql.org/blogs/frankkalis/[/url]

  • June 18, 2003 at 12:09 am

    #461846

    Frank,

    First off, have you actually tried to meet some of these ladies? Maybe it's worth your while?

    Have a look at http://grc.com/intro.htm"> http://grc.com/intro.htm

    See the Shields Up and Test My Shields.

    There was a time when there were two woman con artists standing on the side of the road asking for petrol money. The traffic report said "Two good looking read heads..." Traffic actually got worse as people (Self included) used the mentioned route just to see.

    Cheers,

    Crispin

    Cheers,CrispinI can't die, there are too many people who still have to meet me!It's not a bug, SQL just misunderstood me!

  • June 18, 2003 at 12:22 am

    #461849

    Hi Crispin,

    quote:

    First off, have you actually tried to meet some of these ladies? Maybe it's worth your while?

    no, I guess my wife would not be very happy about that

    quote:

    Have a look at http://grc.com/intro.htm"> http://grc.com/intro.htm

    See the Shields Up and Test My Shields.

    after waiting for some minutes, is there anything about to happen on the link?

    Cheers,

    Frank

    --
    Frank Kalis
    Microsoft SQL Server MVP
    Webmaster: http://www.insidesql.org/blogs
    My blog: http://www.insidesql.org/blogs/frankkalis/[/url]

  • June 18, 2003 at 12:42 am

    #461851

    ahh yes, the wife would not appriciate that...

    Yup, the link works fine for me.

    Cheers,

    Crispin

    Cheers,CrispinI can't die, there are too many people who still have to meet me!It's not a bug, SQL just misunderstood me!

  • June 18, 2003 at 3:27 am

    #461869

    Alerter is a Service in Windows 2000 and I believe XP but don't have a machine installed readily available.

  • June 18, 2003 at 3:37 am

    #461871

    quote:

    Alerter is a Service in Windows 2000 and I believe XP but don't have a machine installed readily available.

    Service was the keyword. I know where to look now. Thanks!

    Cheers,

    Frank

    --
    Frank Kalis
    Microsoft SQL Server MVP
    Webmaster: http://www.insidesql.org/blogs
    My blog: http://www.insidesql.org/blogs/frankkalis/[/url]

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