Have had a few of our dialup customers complaining about this one.. SNIP from geek tools--------- New "Messenger spam" invades desktops Just when you thought e-mail spam was bad enough, along comes Direct Advertiser software, which can send pop-up messages directly to users' desktops. These pop-up messages appear even if the user is not in e-mail or an Internet browser. The software utilizes Microsoft's Messenger Windows service, which is turned on by default (on WinNT, 2000, and XP systems) and used by administrators to send messages to users on the network. This is different from the MSN Messenger instant message software. http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2002Oct/gee20021017016848.htm Kindest Regards Jay Best Orcon Internet - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog