DasaniDrinker
IS-IT--Management
NT 4.0 SP6:
In all my years of messing with NT boxes, I have never seen an advertisement just pop up on a server as it did on ours today. Something about University Enrollment, with a valid phone number listed (yes, I called their answering service, which sounded legit). I tried to kill it with Task Manager, when that failed I hit the "x" in the corner.
Top of the box showed "Messenger Service". Then the sales pitch and an "OK" button at the bottom.
Our server has an exposed IP address, while we all have non-routable 192.x.x.x addresses on our LAN.
Has anyone ever heard of this? Is this nothing to worry about or is it too late for us?? Hacked? Virus? HELP! please....
Also, can i turn off the Messenger Service in the Services interface without it effecting normal network/internet usability?
Thanks in advance!
In all my years of messing with NT boxes, I have never seen an advertisement just pop up on a server as it did on ours today. Something about University Enrollment, with a valid phone number listed (yes, I called their answering service, which sounded legit). I tried to kill it with Task Manager, when that failed I hit the "x" in the corner.
Top of the box showed "Messenger Service". Then the sales pitch and an "OK" button at the bottom.
Our server has an exposed IP address, while we all have non-routable 192.x.x.x addresses on our LAN.
Has anyone ever heard of this? Is this nothing to worry about or is it too late for us?? Hacked? Virus? HELP! please....
Also, can i turn off the Messenger Service in the Services interface without it effecting normal network/internet usability?
Thanks in advance!