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Name: Nect
Date: August 17, 2004 at 05:31:28 Pacific
OS: Athlon 2200
CPU/Ram: 512 MB RAM
Comment:

Everytime i log onto my computer, i receive a message. The latest message was
"I woudn't bother you if i had a job"

Now obviously, it's someone messing around, i don't know how there sending it or why there doing it to me. I'm just wondering if there is any way to stop it?




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Name: svg
Date: August 17, 2004 at 05:45:54 Pacific
Reply:

Probably via the Messenger service (thanks, Bill Gates!)

Here's an easy way of disabling it:
[on-line] ShootTheMessenger (GRC Gibson Research Center)

But you might want to know the IP of whomever is sending you those messages?:)
Then you can watch the connections your computer is making with these two:
TcpView & TDIMon(SysInternals)

TDIMon will log all activity. You can look up the IP at this website:
WhoIs (Ripe IP database)
It will probably be an unassigned dynamic IP, though.

Also, make sure every UserAccount with Administrator-permissions has a password on it, just in case the joker wants to try some more easy tricks.

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Response Number 2
Name: Nect
Date: August 17, 2004 at 08:36:03 Pacific
Reply:

Brilliant! Thank's alot, seem's to have worked.


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Response Number 3
Name: ozyoiy
Date: August 17, 2004 at 08:41:26 Pacific
Reply:

Now that you found out who it was, Ring your mum and tell her you have a job and you start monday....LOL
Oz

"Bite off more than you can chew, And chew like hell!"
Peter Brock.


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