This has been discussed on some other lists... It's a new form of
spam using a piece of Windows and IE called the Internet Messenging
(or Messenger) Service. It has a real use in the network world and a
spammer is taking advantage of it. It's not part of AOL, or any other
ISP. I've gotten a couple of these and I've never had an AOL account.
Just hit the x in the corner to get rid of it. It's annoying, but as
far as I've read, it's not malicious.
Dan Robinson
HW Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com
On 12 Nov 2002 at 15:38, Joni Rathbun wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 Samiandindysmom@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 11/11/2002 11:27:02 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > Dmsardes@AOL.COM writes:
> >
> > > #1. How can I get rid of this damn annoying thing?
> > >
> > > #2. How did this "Messenger Service" get on my machine in the
> > > #first place?
> > >
> >
> > I've never seen anything like what you describe with my AOL. If your
> > virus software is updated and you've run a scan, then for me, the
> > next logical step would be to download Ad Aware and run it to remove
> > adware and spyware programs. Some of those pesky programs invade
> > silently and can do what you describe. Hope it helps.
>
>
> I think there's more at play here. I've gotten this message several
> times recently while online (not off) and it's telling me, a Mac
> user, that I'm infected with a PC virus. I'm not. But for the first
> time in my Internet life, I responded. I wondered if it knew something
> I didn't know.
>
> I think we're victims of questionable advertising techniques and that,
> perhaps, shoul dbe explored. I'd hound AOL on this one.
>
>
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