In a message dated 11/12/2002 9:39:00 PM Eastern Standard Time,
dlrbnsn2@ECLIPSE.NET writes:
> 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.
>
This intrigued me because I've never seen it since I only have Win98. Try
this: <A HREF="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306496">HOW
TO: Configure or Disable Solicited Remote Assistance in Windows XP</A>
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Formerly EWStahl@aol.com, but switched to a less spammed name.
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