go to http://www.geocities.com/catch22_17565/pop_up.jpg to see what I am talking about. This first appeared 2 weekends ago, and it's happened periodicly since then. Somehow, something is sending pop_up ads through our messenger service in Windows (XP network, ~60 computers on a domain) This is extremely annoying. The only way I can think of getting rid of this is by shutting of the messenger service across the network and I honestly do not want to do that. Any thoughts, ideas?

Try installing and running Ad-Aware (www.lavasoft.de). It sounds like there is a spyware program running on that PC which might be causing the popups to appear.

Hi, This a blanket message being sent via a networking tool called net send. Basically if you are on a network you can send a basic message by using this tool eg net send (either ip address or PC name) this is a test message What you could do is if you are running a firewall find out what port net send uses then block that port with the firewall. Hope this helps. PC.

Hi, Just found a good article about it. http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,24330,3374542,00.html

Thanks for the info guys. BTW, there is an artical on CNN concerning this new type of pop up.

Yep, just read the cnn story. http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/10/21/pop.upspam.ap/index.html As if we didn't have enuff crap to deal with. sigh

http://www.itc.virginia.edu/desktop/docs/messagepopup/ The above URL eradicated these unwanted messages that popped up in a gray box headed," MESSENGER SERVICE." They were peddling everything from phony college diplomas to pornography. These MESSENGER SERVICE advertisements began to appear about a month after taking delivery of my Dell 8200 notebook. The fix that worked on my XP PRO O/S is the final posting on the page. Best of luck, Doc