Messenger spam started off with windows alerts being pushed to the surprised users desktops. Pop-ups would appear on user’s desktops with the advertisement information. Users would have no control ...

has anybody else been getting these annoying messenger service popups when logging on to their machine?<BR><BR>I disabled messenger service on my home machine as im on a modem and have no home network ...

Title says it all. I got one of those idiotic spams that exploit the Messenger service. Needless to say, NetBIOS/Client-For-Microsoft-Networks/File-and Printer-Sharing are all unbound from the ...

FTC files suit against D Squared for exploiting Windows vulnerability to bombard users with pop-up ads for its own pop-up blocking software The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed suit ...

Internet service provider America Online Inc. (AOL) is taking aggressive steps to combat spam and close a security loophole by turning off a Microsoft Corp. Windows feature that spammers are ...