MS03-403 Bruce Chambers

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

Greetings --

Barbara, please stop "jumping around" and starting different
threads (conversations). It makes if very difficult to determine what
you've already been told and what you've already tried.

If you're receiving messenger service spam popups, then your
firewall is _not_ properly configured.

Whichever firewall you use, be sure to ensure UDP ports 135, 137,
and 138 and TCP ports 135, 139, and 445 are _all_ blocked. You may
also disable Inbound NetBIOS over TCP/IP). You'll have to
follow the instructions from firewall's manufacturer for the specific
steps.

You can test your firewall at:

Symantec Security Check
http://security.symantec.com/ssc/v [...] JEIMXQKCDT

Security Scan - Sygate Online Services
http://www.sygatetech.com/

Gibson Research Shields Up
https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

Simply follow the instructions provided at each site to conduct
the desired tests.

Bruce Chambers

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"BarbaraMN" <NOschissel@SPAMattNO.net> wrote in message
news:2VHpc.11221$hH.274111@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> Thanks for your input to my earlier posting. I already have McAfee
> firewall
> and McAfee virus protection and installed Spybot as well. I thought
> my
> computer was protected by these. No?
> I tried to follow your links to test my firewall, but I didn't know
> what to
> enter relative to this error message I am rec'g. Could you get very
> specific? Don't assume I know anything because I don't know
> much!Appreciate
> any add'l help to this newby.
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

Barbara

When you are following up on an earlier post keep all replies in the same thread.

Composing a New Message
To compose a new message, click the New Post button in the lower-right frame. In the window that appears, a form will allow you to compose a new message with fields for the sender's name, sender's e-mail, subject, and body. By default, the currently selected newsgroup will appear in the Newsgroups field. You can also attach a file to your new message. Once you have filled out the message fields and clicked the Send link, your message will be processed and posted to the newsgroup.

Composing a Reply
You can reply to individual messages by clicking the Post Reply button in the lower-right frame. In the new message window, a form will allow you to compose a reply with fields for the sender's name, sender's e-mail, subject (already filled in), and body. You can also attach a file to your new message and quote the original message. Once you have filled out the message fields and clicked the Send link, your message will be processed and posted.

You might want to add this link to your favourites
http://www.microsoft.com/communiti [...] eader.mspx


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA

Stourport, Worcs, England
Enquire, plan and execute.
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Please tell the newsgroup how any
suggested solution worked for you.
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
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"BarbaraMN" <NOschissel@SPAMattNO.net> wrote in message news:2VHpc.11221$hH.274111@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> Thanks for your input to my earlier posting. I already have McAfee firewall
> and McAfee virus protection and installed Spybot as well. I thought my
> computer was protected by these. No?
> I tried to follow your links to test my firewall, but I didn't know what to
> enter relative to this error message I am rec'g. Could you get very
> specific? Don't assume I know anything because I don't know much!Appreciate
> any add'l help to this newby.
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

Barbara

Many of those that post regularly use Outlook Express as their news reader. Thus if I post to a thread I can easily check whether there are any further replies to the thread using the "Show Replies to my Messages" view. I do that before looking at new messages.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FCA

Stourport, Worcs, England
Enquire, plan and execute.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please tell the newsgroup how any
suggested solution worked for you.
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


"BarbaraMN" <NOschissel@SPAMattNO.net> wrote in message news:JKJqc.4418$fF3.102529@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> Thank you, Gerry, for the information. I'm fairly new at this posting
> business and apologize to all for not following the thread. I didn't think
> people would go back to see my follow-up questions. :You have all been most
> graciously helpful.
> "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:ez7ct06OEHA.556@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Barbara
>
> When you are following up on an earlier post keep all replies in the same
> thread.
>
> Composing a New Message
> To compose a new message, click the New Post button in the lower-right
> frame. In the window that appears, a form will allow you to compose a new
> message with fields for the sender's name, sender's e-mail, subject, and
> body. By default, the currently selected newsgroup will appear in the
> Newsgroups field. You can also attach a file to your new message. Once you
> have filled out the message fields and clicked the Send link, your message
> will be processed and posted to the newsgroup.
>
> Composing a Reply
> You can reply to individual messages by clicking the Post Reply button in
> the lower-right frame. In the new message window, a form will allow you to
> compose a reply with fields for the sender's name, sender's e-mail, subject
> (already filled in), and body. You can also attach a file to your new
> message and quote the original message. Once you have filled out the message
> fields and clicked the Send link, your message will be processed and posted.
>
> You might want to add this link to your favourites
> http://www.microsoft.com/communiti [...] eader.mspx
>
>
> ~~~~~~
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> FCA
>
> Stourport, Worcs, England
> Enquire, plan and execute.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Please tell the newsgroup how any
> suggested solution worked for you.
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> "BarbaraMN" <NOschissel@SPAMattNO.net> wrote in message
> news:2VHpc.11221$hH.274111@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> > Thanks for your input to my earlier posting. I already have McAfee
> firewall
> > and McAfee virus protection and installed Spybot as well. I thought my
> > computer was protected by these. No?
> > I tried to follow your links to test my firewall, but I didn't know what
> to
> > enter relative to this error message I am rec'g. Could you get very
> > specific? Don't assume I know anything because I don't know
> much!Appreciate
> > any add'l help to this newby.
> >
> >
>
>