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AmRivlin
10-10-2002, 03:09 PM
I am at my job, working hard mind you, all of a sudden I get a popup message like the ones built into NT products, (from the net send program in dos aka Console Message) I WAS APPALED. I get 500 spam messages a month, but now to get them on my desktop. Take a look and tell me if this isn't outrageous. Some spam deletion site probably sucked off my IP and is now spamming me at the frontline. DOES IT NEVER END!??

http://aalto.arch.ksu.edu/amrivlin/adsfromhell.jpg

Mind you I now have the firewall up, but I used the console messaging service to get memos from co-workers. WHAT A PAIN.
Grimm
10-10-2002, 03:43 PM
Hmmmm... they could just go through all IPs. Just send a canned mesasge using an incremented list.
I'm surprised it didn't happen until now. That really sucks though.
ufcrusher
10-10-2002, 04:14 PM
You know I had one of those pop up about a week ago. I thought it was something that was somehow coming across from MSN Messenger and it got me kind of annoyed at MSN. My MSN icon was flashing at the time when it appeared, so it looked like that was the nexus. Guess my reasoning was flawed.
topane
10-10-2002, 04:19 PM
Originally posted by AmRivlin
Mind you I now have the firewall up, but I used the console messaging service to get memos from co-workers. WHAT A PAIN. You have to watch those NetBIOS ports. If they're open, getting a net send message from the outside world can be the least of your problems.
pagemap
10-10-2002, 04:24 PM
That is outrageous. Scum buckets like that make me want to take up arms.
seqiro
10-10-2002, 04:28 PM
Originally posted by AmRivlin
Mind you I now have the firewall up, but I used the console messaging service to get memos from co-workers. WHAT A PAIN.

Can you set up your firewall to just block TCP and UDP ports 137 through 139 for all non-local IP addresses? That way you could still use the messenger service on the LAN but no one outside could.
cruelpupet
10-10-2002, 07:32 PM
or just do what i did.... stop the Messenger service....


tell coworkers to email you
Nanotech9
10-10-2002, 10:16 PM
our whole subnet got spammed like that last week... WEIRD.
Tommy Boomfiger
10-11-2002, 01:12 AM
ive gotten those before (http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showthread.php?&threadid=49670). of the two comps at my house, mine hasnt been affected. im assuming thats due to zonealarm which the other comp doesnt have.
WhiskeyPapa
10-11-2002, 06:35 AM
Originally posted by cruelpupet
or just do what i did.... stop the Messenger service....


tell coworkers to email you That's not a very good solution. Net Send is a great way to send an urgent message to all workstations on the network, like "Rebooting Server in 10 minutes." If you send that in an email, you're assuming everyone has their email client running and is going to open the email within 10 minutes.
hang10wannabe
10-11-2002, 08:19 AM
i got the exact same message yesterday in my comp106 lab... for shame... :2far:
Thunder
10-11-2002, 03:01 PM
someone showed me this...

and that same day, i was in class...

USC, Marshall School of Business...the professor is using a powerpoint presentation as part of her lecture and POW!...that ad comes up on the two projectors in front of the whole class...it was so funny...