Betr.: Windows Messenger Pop-up spam

["Philip Wagenaar" <p.wagenaar () accon nl>]

Hi,

I think internet and internet security has become more mature, even though it still has a long way to go. You can still 
send pop-ups throught the internet. Only thing stopping you are ISP's that block NETBIOS and updates like Service Pack 
2 for Windows XP.

One could say that problems have moved to another field. And they keep on moving. Users now might call you up and say I 
lost all my personal bank information thanks to phissing. Or they complain about spam.

Everytime people find a new way to abuse the possibilities of the internet. And after a while technology changes so 
that they have to find a new way to abuse the internet. This race will keep on going for somewhile.

Untill the internet isn't that anonymous anymore as most people think it is. We have more security and authentication 
and authorization we will see these thing come by.

Met vriendelijke groet,

Philip Wagenaar
Junior Projectleider ICT

AccoN Accountants & Adviseurs
ICT Projecten & Advies
Postbus 5090
6802 EB Arnhem
The Netherlands

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> > > Matthew Romanek <shandower () gmail com> 29-11-04 16:24 >>>
Hey all,

I've a question, asked purely for the sake of curiosity. 

I was just reminded of the bad old days working for an ISP where every
other call was about lewd messages popping up on a user's screen when
they weren't even doing anything. Windows messaging popups were THE
complaint at the time, and slowly we convinced people that personal
firewalls were a good idea (via messenger popups, no less. We were a
scummy little ISP, and no great bastion of morality).

It just occured to me that I (personally) haven't seen a popup in
several years. I assume it's because we've learned about security and
firewalling and all that. So my question is: Is this sort of stuff
still a problem? 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. :)

-- 
Matthew 'Shandower' Romanek
IDS Analyst

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