Win 2000 Problem Help needed urgent

[Sprite]

what to do as this thing keep popping up randomly while im on the net, im using win 2000 SP4 but for some reason it keep poping up, I think its because I need firewall pls help.

 

[daan]

You can stop those messages popping up by turning off the Messenger service.

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel (or point to Settings, and then click Control Panel).
2. Double-click Administrative Tools.
3. Double-click Services.
4. Double-click Messenger.
5. In the Startup type list, click Disabled.
6. Click Stop, and then click OK.

 

[Sprite]

Tanks, is this a windows 2000 thing then, Ive been using 2000 for over 6 years, but never on the net just as a work PC so never encountered this pop up, the reason I paniked is that ive got Avast running spybot, but no firewall, since posting tho ive just installed zone alarm free version for now till I spend some money on a hardware firewalled reuter.

 

[Richardrfo]

I think it may be a virus to be honest, seeing as I've just been to the site and the only link on it is to download setup.exe, they've coloured the text "End User License Agreement" to make it look like a link, but it isn't.

Discard this if it's wrong.

 

[daan]

I think it may be a virus to be honest, seeing as I've just been to the site and the only link on it is to download setup.exe, they've coloured the text "End User License Agreement" to make it look like a link, but it isn't.

Discard this if it's wrong.

Its not a virus. Its just the messenger service giving you daft messages.

 

[TopHat]

You would actually be suprised what some viruses do, on the old Compaq that I used, there was a virus that would make the quicklaunch say that there was no viruses, but you need to upgrade to "blahblahblah.exe"

That window does look suspicious.

 

[mrnoname]

could be spyware if it comes through MSN, but i doubt it

 

[DQuaN]

That looks to me like adaware. It's asking you to go to a website to download a Registry Cleaner and it doesn't look like a genuine Window$ site.

Does adaware SE Personal work on Win200? If so. download it and run it.

 

[the Interceptor]

It's just a misuse of the inbuilt messaging service of Windows. It's no virus or spyware. That's why they provide an external link where they can infect your computer. The messaging service itself is not harmful though. If you don't klick the link and don't download anything, there's no danger.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_Send

Check the paragraph "Abuse".

 

[Eric.]

It's just a misuse of the inbuilt messaging service of Windows. It's no virus or spyware. That's why they provide an external link where they can infect your computer. The messaging service itself is not harmful though. If you don't klick the link and don't download anything, there's no danger.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_Send

Check the paragraph "Abuse".

But something is on the computer causing the message to appear, so a spyware scan should be done.

 

[the Interceptor]

But something is on the computer causing the message to appear, so a spyware scan should be done.

No. That message is generated externally and comes through the Internet. It is being sent to many computers. All that have a running and unprotected messaging service get to see that message. So, it for itself is not dangerous, it's just annoying.

 

[daan]

Why does no one believe us, Interceptor?

 

[Eric.]

So every computer running Windows 2000 gets that exact message?

 

[the Interceptor]

Why does no one believe us, Interceptor?

They're suspicious about it I guess. That's okay though, they rather be too careful than too careless. At least they're still listening to us ... at the moment.

So every computer running Windows 2000 gets that exact message?

If it has the messaging system activated and has no firewall or ISP that blocks the appropriate ports: yes! It works for other Windows versions like XP as well by the way, it's just that the XP firewall blocks it. Additionally, XP has the messaging service disabled by default.

 

[Sprite]

Well guys, I did as said and disabled it, and also downloaded zone alarm, but since doing it the net would not load up any pages net was connected and FF opend ok but just gave me network error, so got my dads legit version of xp sp2 and formated the pc. Im now back and fully protected.

edit cheers for the help.

 

[GT4_Rule]

Lots of sites have those things pop up, trying to get unsuspecting users. Don't click on them.