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I have noticed a number of products killing pop-ups - it is even built into a number of browsers now (AOL and Opera for starters)

Do you think the days og Pop-up advertising are over?

Klaus

http://www.ameinfo.com
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Re: [klauslovgreen] Pop-up killers In reply to
Not on porn sites =)

(Not that I'd know)
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Re: [Paul] Pop-up killers In reply to
guess I'm in the wrong business..

Klaus

http://www.ameinfo.com
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Re: [klauslovgreen] Pop-up killers In reply to
The latest craze is using port 139 to send messages straight to your desktop using the messenger server.

That's what those alert boxes are that arrive on your desktop.
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Re: [Paul] Pop-up killers In reply to
Yes I got quite a few of them - guess it is time to tweak the firewall a bit...

There should be a balance - it would be sad if the industry got destroyed...

Kalus

http://www.ameinfo.com
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Re: [klauslovgreen] Pop-up killers In reply to
Mmm you like the spam industry? Smile

Btw you can turn off the messenger server by going to:

Start > Run > services.msc

Then scroll to "Messenger", double click it and press "Stop" then set "Startup Type" to disabled.
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Re: [Paul] Pop-up killers In reply to
Thanks Paul - no I don;t like spam at all - but there are good opportunities in online marketing if done right - sadly it is the few spoiling it for the rest...

Cheers
Klaus

http://www.ameinfo.com
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Re: [klauslovgreen] Pop-up killers In reply to
I've just run a port scanner on my ISP's IP's around the same kinda numbers as my own IP and it found 2000 people with port 139 open - it was still going when I stopped it.
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Re: [Paul] Pop-up killers In reply to
Be careful about that, a lot of network admin's will go after port scanners, and it's almost surely a violation of your isp's tos.

Cheers,

Alex
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Re: [Paul] Pop-up killers In reply to
yeah I am sure tons of these messages are being sent all the time...

Klaus

http://www.ameinfo.com
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Re: [Alex] Pop-up killers In reply to
I live life on the edge Wink