Closed Bug 302257 Opened 19 years ago Closed 19 years ago

Windows security message interruptions

Categories

(Firefox :: Security, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Security
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
critical

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: st61, Unassigned)

References

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URL
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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6

Pop ups from the followin: Message Service Message from System to Alert on
07/26/2005 4:42:12 p.m. STOP! Windows requires immediate attention. Windows has
found critical erros: To fix errors please do the following:
1. Download Registry REpair for http://www.regpairreg.com
2. Install Registry Repair
3. Run Registry Repair
4. Reboot your computer

FAILURE TO ACT NOW MY LEAD TO DATA LOSS AND CORRUPTION!

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Please see above box.....I am being taken away from my job just to try and
get these people (pop ups) off my back. Please help ME!!!!!!!!
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
I have not tried those steps....i just get solicited for it constantly about 100
or more times a day ...interrupting my computer work.....please help me to stop
them from bugging me out!!!!!!

Expected Results:  
I do not very much about computer programming....please help me. 

Please see above boxes!
This has nothing to do with Mozilla.  This is spam sent to the Windows Messenger
Service, and you can find ways to block it by searching on "windows messenger
service spam" in google.

Bugzilla is not a support service, it is a bug tracking application for Mozilla
products.  Please do not report non-Mozilla issues here or file bugs asking for
help.
Group: security
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
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