Does ZoneAlarm Handle Spyware?

Quote from dafugginman:

oh i still have the grey boxes popping up with jenny wanting me to give her a ring. that guy on cnbc said some spyware you can't get rid of.
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In addition to being a security risk, Windows'
"Messenger Service" is being used to "Spam"
Windows users across the Internet.

This 22 kbyte "Shoot The Messenger" utility gives users
immediate control over the Windows Messenger service.


Shoot The Messenger

http://www.grc.com/stm/shootthemessenger.htm
 
Quote from msfe:



In addition to being a security risk, Windows'
"Messenger Service" is being used to "Spam"
Windows users across the Internet.

This 22 kbyte "Shoot The Messenger" utility gives users
immediate control over the Windows Messenger service.


Shoot The Messenger

http://www.grc.com/stm/shootthemessenger.htm
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I don't know how XP works, but with Windows2000 you can just shut it off - you don't have to install a utility.
 
I use Spybot and Adware, but I had trojans that kept showing up in my explorer "autofill" bar that they couldn't get rid of.

ZoneAlarm is great if I'm surfing the web, but it tends to mess up my trading software.

By far the best program I've found to clean my comp is CyberScrub.
It costs about 70 bucks, but they do have a free trial.

www.cyberscrub.com

The first time I used it, I found over 24 megs of hidden files.
 
Quote from kgharris:



I don't know how XP works, but with Windows2000 you can just shut it off - you don't have to install a utility.
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Yep. Same thing

Start/Settings/Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Services

Select Messenger. Select 'stop the service' or disable it and that should take care of the grey box spam issue.

:cool:
 
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