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One of the more graphic reasons NOT to use Windoze, and especially not to use IE and OE etc. This one may do more good than harm.

It can possibly be protected against with a suitable hosts file.

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CBFalconer

This is nothing to do with IE/OE et al. It exploits the "send system message" feature built into the SMB client in Windows. Normally used by servers to announce power failures, administrators to announce temporary system problems (e.g. "Please don't print anything to the LaserJet for a few minutes"), and so on.

Unfortunately not.

The OP is also wrong about it avoiding laws and regulations; there has been litigation specifically about this type of spamming. MS has agreed to disable the service by default in future service packs/Windows versions.

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Lewin A.R.W. Edwards

On 30 Dec 2003 11:16:25 -0800, snipped-for-privacy@larwe.com (Lewin A.R.W. Edwards) wrote in comp.arch.embedded:

But it can easily be protected against by any of the following:

  1. A router (such as LinkSys) if one has a broadband connection (Cable or DSL).
  2. A good software firewall.

  1. Directly modify the setting of services (not particularly recommended for novices).

  2. Download and run Steve Gibson's "Shoot The Messenger" program from
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    This provides a Windows GUI to disable this stupid service, and also to turn it on again if the user ever wants to. No registry or service editing. Unfortunately it only works for NT/2000/XP.

The US government is battling right now for a restraining order against a major sender of pop-ups until the actual court date.

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Jack Klein

A router as such is of no use - what you need is a firewall. Fortunately, almost all routers designed for broadband connections are firewall/router combinations. The point is to use a hardware firewall that simply blocks all incomming traffic unless you tell it otherwise (such as if you want to run a webserver inside your network but visible outside).

There's no such thing, at least on Windows. The OS simply doesn't allow a clear, consistent interface for packet filtering. A firewall is a box that sits in the corner between your broadband line and your network - ask a building fire inspector how secure a soft firewall would be.

That's not to say a software firewall is completly useless - it is far better than nothing, and can do some things (like application-level filtering) that a hardware firewall cannot. But on its own, it is a false sense of security.

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David Brown

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