Re: Windows Messenger Pop-up spam

[Ramsey Consulting Services <ramseycs () bellsouth net>]

Does it still exist in the wild? As of a couple of months ago, yes it 
does.  I sniffed the connection between a Netgear Router and a DSL modem 
with Ethereal, and I did see some Windows Messenger traffic. Of course, 
the computers behind the router would never see it by default.  The ISP 
in question was Bellsouth.  Ive never had a customer complain to me 
about it since they always have something between them and the world 
(SOHO router, hardware firewall, or software firewall on the desktop).

Dedric Ramsey
Ramsey Consulting Services
770-826-8008

Matthew Romanek wrote:
> (snip)
> Does it still exist in the wild? I suppose I could
> plug an unprotected windows machine into a public IP address, but I
> think I'd be likely to be taken out by something worse before a
> messenger ad comes along. And I'm not THAT curious. :)