Eliminate Pop Up Dialog Windows |
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14-Jun-2003 17:56:12 |
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zZine (original author: CHi)
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In the last time especially in Europe came a new spamming method up. Spam with the use of the windows notification system. You can use it, if the service is enabled to message computers from your command.bat.
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The usage is pretty simple: Start up the command.bat and use the following syntax:
C:\net send <host IP or name> <message>
Example:
C:\net send cortez hello
Cortez is an local computer in my LAN. After some seconds there appears a message on the screen of that computer. (Example: http://www.the-chi.com/temp/hello.gif)
A pretty neat service will you think now, but a lot of people abuse this service. They have programs that send such message to IPs in a certian IP range. Those message often include links to porn webpages and such. This is pretty annoying as it gets for sure your attention. So how can we deactivate it?
The service is a basic Windows 2000 service, so the solution is in that context. Go to:
(Sorry, I run a German Windows 2000 System, therefore I don't know the exact English names)
Start > Settings > System Settings > Administration > Services
There you see a list of all services in Windows 2000. Now search for the messaging/news service. Description is something like that: Sends and receives messages which were submitted by Administrators or by the alert service.
After you have opened the service window, you can click on a button to shut it down. Chose in the drop down box also "deactivated", so that it won't be activated when the system restarts. Then click "ok" to save the settings.
That's it. Your system won't accept incomming messages from other users now. The annoying spam is gone and you can keep on surfing.
This article was originally published by CyberArmy.net in the CyberArmy Library.
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