Drew Wutka
dbatech at wolfwares.com
Sun Oct 26 03:11:09 CST 2003
You need to look at the settings for the Messenger service in ZA. They are probably set to let it act as a server on the Internet. It only needs to act as a server on the LAN. Of course, it only needs to do that if you are actually using it. There are a few things that use the Messenger service. The two I know of, off the top of my head are Active Directory, and Microsoft Exchange Server. If you don't use either of these, and don't have anything special that uses the messenger service, just turn it off. I don't know what kind of network you have setup. I am running Active Directory (so I keep that service running), but if you just have a stand alone machine connected to the internet, then just disable that service. In the control panel, under Administrative Tools, is the 'Services' option. That will list all of the services on your machine. The service you want will be listed as 'Messenger'. Just double click on it, and you'll see the startup options. Automatic (which means it starts as soon as windows does, Manual, which means it starts either manually, or if another service is dependant upon it, and Disabled, which means it won't start EVER. (Unless you switch it back to Automatic or Manual)). Just set it to disabled, and you'll be back in business. Drew -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Kathryn Bassett Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 10:44 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Re: Virus mail Drew said: > Ya, the free method is to stop the messenger service on your machine. Or, > if you need the messenger service, install Zone Alarm. (Though I had stuff > like that get through Zone Alarm before, had to tweak the settings a bit. I do have ZA (the free version). Francisco said: > Sygate Personal Firewall will stop those for you. > and for personal use it IS free. Will there be a problem if both are installed? ZA works for everything else except those blasted gray popups, I don't want to mess it up. -- Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA) "Genealogy is my bag" "GH is my soap" kathryn at bassett.net http://bassett.net _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com