full-disclosure - Odd Behavior - Windows Messenger Service

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Message-ID: <1058379918.567.8.camel@klotz.local>
From: nakal at web.de (Martin)
Subject: Odd Behavior - Windows Messenger Service

On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 17:58, morning_wood wrote:

> this was a Windows Messenger Pop-UP  ( Windows Messaging Service )
> not an error not a driver or path error..
> wood

I can confirm this behavior. This service is enabled on Windows 2000
and XP by default.

I noticed it on my sister's PC after she clicked away 3 advertisement
pop-ups and growling at the PC. I think that the average user does
not know how to disable it.

(And btw: NO, the average MS-Windows user is NOT USING any firewalls.)

Martin